COCONUT SUGAR GRANULAR - JOYMIX

Coconut sugar  is a palm sugar produced from the sap of the flower bud stem of the coconut palm. Coconut Sugar give a lot of benefit to consumers. It has similar sweetness as brown sugar. It contain vitamin and mineral.

Coconut Sugar Benefits

1. May Help Diabetics

Coconut sugar and coconut nectar contain a fiber known as inulin. This fiber may help slow glucose absorption, offering an alternative for those dealing with diabetic concerns. Some studies show that inulin may help reduce the absorption of glucose, therefore, keeping glucose levels in check. (3) One study in particular conducted by the Department of Biochemistry and Diet Therapy at the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences’ Nutrition Research Center suggests that it helps women with type 2 diabetes, improving some glycemic and antioxidant levels while decreasing malondialdehyde levels, a marker of oxidative stress. 

2. Contains Vitamins, Minerals and Phytonutrients

Coconut sugar contains trace of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients, Iron and zinc, for example, are found in coconut sugar, containing about two times more than granulated white sugar according to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI). 

3. Good for the Gut

As noted earlier, coconut sugar contains inulin. Inulin has the ability to stimulate the growth of intestinal bifidobacteria, commonly found in probiotics, which can provide an overall boost to the immune system. Though bifidobacteria are a group of bacteria that normally live in the intestines, they can be grown outside the body and taken orally as medicine. Bifidobacteria have been known to help restore the good bacteria in the gut that may have been destroyed through chemotherapy, antibiotics and the like. (11)

This bacteria helps many conditions that may affect the intestines, such as diarrhea, ulcerative colitis,and pouchitis, and it has even been used to prevent a particular bowel infection found in infants called necrotizing enterocolitis. (12)

How to use coconut sugar?

1. use in beverage such as coffee or tea

2. cooking/ culinary-  cook curry

3. bakery.  use to make cookies, cake or bread.