Organic Samovar Sweet Crystals
Organic Samovar Sweet Crystals
 
14 ounces: $14.00

 
Ingredients: Organic Evaporated Coconut Palm Nectar

Sourced for Samovar by island farmers in Bali, Indonesia, who climb and then tap the tall palm trees for their nectar. "Wild crafted," this unrefined natural sweetener is the perfect sugar substitute. Buttery, rich, and sweet, it is reminiscent of Muscavado or Demerara sugar, yet more freeflowing and without the moisture content. Low on the glycemic index and high in micro-nutrients, it's healthy and yummy and perfect with tea or for baking.

Use this sweetener as you would regular table or baking sugar. Or do like we do at Samovar and replace all refined sugar in your life with it! Especially delicious with our Masala Chai or Earl Grey when you add a pinch of ginger or turmeric.

Learn more about the flavor and benefits of coconut palm nectar in this video with Jesse:




Average Customer Review: 2.5 of 5 | Total Reviews: 2 Write A Review

 
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 
Indeed Joe August 25, 2012
Reviewer: Vincent Groenewold from Maarssen, Utrecht Holland  
I fully agree with Joe on this one. As a scientist myself, I see people referencing to "scientific studies" all the time, without any extra info. Thing is... there's a lot of nonsense science out there as well, that's why we always review and discuss studies in our group and constantly criticize each other.I love Samovar and I love the organic teas and ideas behind that, just don't try to introduce science to it, it's nonsense and frankly I care a great deal more if it's produced in a fair manner and tastes good. Sugar, as Joe pointed out, is still just sugar. It's like saying, "no extra sugars were added to this product", as if that makes the natural amount of sugar in a particular product any healthier.

Don't get me wrong, still loved it though. ;)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 
Palm Sugar is still just Sugar - it's NOT healthy April 20, 2011
Reviewer: Joe Creitz from San Francisco, CA United States  
Samovar's video promoting palm sugar grossly overstates the benefits of this product.  Yes, it is more sustainably produced than cane and beat sugar.  Yes it contains some micronutrients.  But at the end of the day, palm sugar is mostly sucrose - which is, itself, 50% fructose.  The fructose is what lowers palm sugar's glycemic index - and also what makes it just as toxic to your liver as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup.

There are absolutely no scientific studies whatsoever to suggest that substituting palm sugar for any other kind of sugar will protect anyone from insulin resistance, diabetes, or obesity.

A pinch of palm sugar in your tea or coffee isn't likely to kill you, but then neither is a pinch of table sugar.  Eating lots of either one, however, might indeed kill you over time, and there's no reason to think that either is any safer than the other.

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