From Sap
The sap of some species is concentrated to make sweeteners, usually through drying or boiling.
- Cane juice, syrup, molasses, and raw sugar, which has many regional and commercial names including demerara, jaggery, muscovado, panela, piloncillo, turbinado sugar, Florida Crystals and Sucanat, are all made from sugarcane (Saccharum spp.).
- Sweet sorghum syrup is made from the sugary juice extracted from the stalks of Sorghum spp., especially S. bicolor.
- Mexican or maize sugar can be made by boiling down the juice of green maize stalks.
- Agave nectar is made from the sap of Agave spp., including tequila agave (Agave tequilana).
- Birch syrup is made from the sap of Birch trees (Betula spp.).
- Maple syrup, taffy and sugar are made from the sap of tapped maple trees (Acer spp.).
- Palm sugar is made by tapping the flower stalk of various palms to collect the sap. The most important species for this is the Indian date palm (Phoenix sylvestris), but other species used include palmyra (Borassus flabelliformis), coconut (Cocos nucifera), toddy (Caryota urens), gomuti (Arenga saccharifera), and nipa (Nypa fruticans) palms.
- The sweet resin of the Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) was considered by John Muir to be better than maple sugar.
Read more about this topic: List Of Unrefined Sweeteners
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