Coconut sugar, derived from the flowers of the coconut tree, and it's an organic, sustainable natural sweetener. It is minimally processed, unbleached and contains no preservatives. This sugar has a low glycemic index and is filled with lots of vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
It's made from the sugar blossoms of fresh coconuts. The bud of the coconut tree flower is sliced to release the coconut nectarwhich is then boiled into a thick caramel and dried into crystals. Nothing is removed during this process.
The low glycemic index(approximately 35) makes it suitable for people with health conditions such as diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity.
It is also rich in the minerals calcium, magnesium, potassium, zinc, iron, copper, manganese, phosphorus and boron which are necessary for many body functions, such as muscle and bone growth, cell production, mental development and immune system and enzyme regulation.It contains 12 of the B vitaminsIt is especially high in the vitamin inositol, which is necessary for nerve transmission, metabolism of cholesterol and the redistribution of fat within the body.
Coconut sugar contains 16 out of the 20 amino acids. This sugar is especially high in the amino acids glutamic acid, which makes glutamine, threonine, aspartic acid and serine. Glutamine is very important for metabolic and immune system function.
You can use it instead of the common sugar always based on a health diet.
