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Soft Brown, Demerara and Muscovado Sugars

Add flavour, colour and texture with brown sugars

Our comprehensive range of golden, brown and Muscovado sugars are produced from homegrown beet and the finest quality cane.

A comprehensive range:

Applications:

  • Use as a bakery ingredient to add flavour and colour to cakes, biscuits and pastries
  • Demerara sugar adds texture to toppings and bases
  • Ideal for use in the manufacture of confectionery products such as toffee, fudge and caramel
  • Used in dressings, sauces and marinades adds a mild to full-bodied extra flavour.

 Brown Sugar (homegrown in the UK)

Product
(Product code)
 
Properties Benefits
Soft Light Brown

55674 – 25kg
Based on caster sugar – a consistent particle size, moist, free-flowing, light golden brown crystal, delicately  flavoured with molasses

A consistently bright, golden colour
Gives a fine crumb texture in pre-production and excellent cake volume in the finished product.
Fine particle sizes ensure rapid dissolving for syrups, sauces, caramels and toffees

Soft Dark Brown Sugar

55658 – 25kg

Based on caster sugar a moist, free-flowing, consistent particle size, dark golden brown crystal

Provides molasses and black treacle flavour without bitterness

A dark rich uniform colour

Demerara

55688 – 25kg
55696* – 1 tonne
Dry, golden brown, bold crystals A consistently bright golden colour 
* Enquire for availability

Production benefits

  • Ideal for use in both large scale, automated production processes and craft bakeries
  • Easy to handle and dose
  • Reproduceable results every time:
    • consistent particle size
    • uniform colour
    • controlled moisture content

 

Partially Refined Cane Sugars
Our partially refined sugars lock in the cane’s natural molasses, to bring superior flavour, natural colour and subtle buttery notes to a variety of sweet and savoury products.

Golden Cane Sugar range

Product
(Product code)
 
Application Properties
Golden Granulated

51104 – 25kg
Substitutes white granulated sugar Golden, sparkling colour with subtle buttery notes
Golden Caster

51322 – 25kg
As a bakery ingredient in cakes, toffee and sauces Dry and free-flowing small sugar crystals, particle size 0.35-0.6mm
Fine Golden Caster

51134 – 25kg
As a bakery ingredient in cakes, toffee and sauces Dry and free-flowing small sugar crystals, particle size 0.35-0.5mm

Golden Icing

51304 – 25kg

Substitute refined white icing sugar naturally Golden with subtle buttery notes

 

Partially Refined Brown Cane Sugars
Billington's brown sugars are the finest collection of partially refined cane sugars in the world. The sugar fully preserves the flavour of natural molasses and offers a range of particle sizes with superior colour, intensity and depth of flavour.

Applications:

  • Puddings, cakes, toffees, cheesecakes, cereals, flapjacks
  • biscuits and icecreams
  • Rich cakes and puddings, confectionery, sauces.

 

The Brown Cane Sugar range 

Product
(Product Code)
 
Properties Features
Dry Demerara Sugar

51310 – 25kg
Dry, golden brown crystals, particle size 0.8-1.2mm  with distinctive rich aroma and crunchy texture

Free-flowing, easy to handle and dose in automated processes

Distinctive rich aroma and crunchy texture

Moist Demerara Sugar

51004 – 25kg

Slightly moist and flowing golden brown crystals particle size 0.8-1.2mm Distinctive rich aroma and crunchy texture
Light Brown Soft Sugar

51202 – 25kg
Fine grained pale brown sugar crystals Aromatic, with slight fudge/caramel notes Aromatic, with slight fudge / caramel notes
Dark Brown Soft Sugar

51212 – 25kg
Uniform, non-free flowing brown colour crystals with high molasses content Strong fudge / toffee notes


Muscovado and Molasses Sugar
Muscovado Sugars impart a unique tropical flavour and are much sought-after for use in premium products. Molasses sugar, on the other hand, is the ultimate soft brown sugar – packed full of natural cane molasses, and with the deepest colour and richest flavour of them all.

Applications:

  • Enhance the finest cakes, fudge and desserts – perfect for luxury fruit and chocolate cakes
  • Add extra depth to marinades, savoury sauces and chutneys

 

Product
(Product Code)
Properties Features
Light Muscovado Sugar

51022 – 25kg
Finely grained warm honey colour crystals

Provides a creamy fudge flavour and natural colour

Dust free

Dark Muscovado Sugar

51044 – 25kg
Dark brown, uniform, non-free flowing sugar crystal with high molasses content. Rich toffee, treacle flavour and natural colour

Unrefined Molasses Sugar

51052 – 25kg

Very dark brown, non-free-flowing sugar crystals with high molasses content

The deepest colour and flavour of all sugars: almost caramelised

Dust free 

Technical information
All brown sugars are non-GM and suitable for vegan, vegetarian and Kosher diets.

If you require more information eg a product specification sheet, a sample or advice, please contact us to discuss your needs.


 

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