When to use soft brown light sugar or dark brown soft sugar
Soft brown sugar - which type is best for each application?
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Soft Brown
Light Sugar
A moist, golden sugar with a mellow aroma and texture due to its molasses content and fine grain size.
What are the applications of soft brown light sugar?
Soft brown light sugar has several diverse applications, but is primarily used to add flavour, colour and spread.
In baking, it is used to achieve a fine texture and volume. As well as this, soft brown light sugar adds flavour and colour to biscuits and cakes, such as cookies.
A fine grain size means soft brown light sugar easily dissolves. It is therefore perfect for sauces and toffees. In addition, it adds a mellow aroma and sweetness to other flavours, alongside the subtle amber colour.
The invert sugar in soft brown light sugar helps controls crystallisation, resulting in a smoother texture and additional moisture.
Tasting notes
Soft brown light sugar has a mellow aroma and sweet flavour. As it contains natural molasses it contains trace amounts of nutrients and minerals, including:
- Calcium
- Potassium
- Iron
- Magnesium
Storage and Packaging
Storage temperature
10 - 20⁰C, dry conditions and away from direct sunlight
Shelf life
In excess of 18 months if left unopened
Packaging and storage options
Soft brown light sugar is stored in 25kg paper sacks, which are then stacked five by eight into 1000kg palettes for safe storage and transportation. It is also stored and distributed in 1000kg flexible intermediate bulk containers (FIBCs).
Properties
| Description | Approx. (on sample) |
|---|---|
| Sucrose | 98% |
| Invert sugar | 0.8% |
| Moisture | 0.2% |
| Dry material | 99.8% |
| Sulphur dioxide | <9ppm |
How is soft brown light sugar produced?
Refined sugar arrives at Ragus’ production facility. The sugar is then expertly blended with Ragus’ refiner’s syrup and treacle blend, giving soft brown light its distinctive colour and flavour.
In addition, it also has a fine texture due to a relatively small grain size. Soft brown light sugar also has a lighter, amber colour and mellow taste in comparison to richer dark soft brown sugar.
Food safety
Ragus adopts British Retail Consortium (BRC) standard procedures and carries out a HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) process of screening, drying, metal detection using inline rare earth magnets and final metal detection.
