Wasanbon Raw sugar cane

Name: Wasanbon Raw sugar cane
Brand: BAIKOUDO
SKU: NISBK2-S
Price: 7.25 EUR
Availability: InStock

Ref : NISBK2-S

€7.25

Tax Included

€72.50 / Kg

The wasanbon raw sugar cane is one of the most subtil and delicate sugars.

It comes from Kagawa's prefecture and has been entirely hand made. It has been extracted from the sugar cane molasses and needs 3 weeks to be processed.
The wasanbon is made from a very fine sugar cane named Chikusha. This sugar cane grows in sandy soils in the eastern part of Kagawa's prefecture.It grows all the way but never give any flower, so all the nutriment elements stay in the stem. It gives an unbelievable smell that develops the umami.
Our wasanbon is very rich in calcium and iron. The powdered texture and its dissolving in the mouth are surprising. These two criteria are a guarantee of very high quality sugar. This unique sugar is used by all the great japanese cooks and lower the sugary taste and have a fresh taste of sugar cane instead. Once cooked, the wasanbon will lose some of its unique taste to gain some od the famous umami taste.

Our perfect combination : you can use it in cocktails, to sweetened your sushis, or to enhance the flavors of your savory or sweet preparations. You can use it in small quantities in your creams, candies or any other recipe (in cocktails, in your sushis, in all kind of sweetened preparations as a secret ingredient !

Data sheet

Origin: Kagawa, Japan
Weight: 1 kg net
100 g net
180 g net
Packaging: Bag
Ingredients: 100% cane sugar (saccharum officinarum)
Storage: keep away from light, heat and moisture
Nutritional values: Per 100 g : energy 398 kcal (1693 kJ) ; fat < 0,5g, of which saturates < 0,1g ; carbohydrate 100g, of which sugars 97g ; protein < 0,5g ; salt 0,02g.

BAIKOUDO

Baikodo is the supplier who has produced Kagawa prefecture’s special products; Sanuki wasanbou sugar by traditional process from the old days. If you think about Kagawa prefecture, you will probably image Udon which is most popular noodle produced in Kagawa. Though Wasanbou has much longer history than Udon and it is the representative product well-known only to those in the know.

What is Wasanbou sugar ?

The difference between Wasanbon-和三盆and Wasanbou-和三宝

In Kagawa prefecture and Tokushima prefecture, there is rare sugar produced in only small parts of regions. This is usually called Wasanbon. Baikodo registered Wasanbou as the trade mark of Wasanbon products.

The ingredients of Wasanbou

Wasanbou sugar is made from a slender sugar cane called Chikusha. This sugar cane is grown in sandy soil of east area in Kagawa prefecture and in warm weather and climate. And it saves all nutrition in its stem without blooming, so it has unique flavors and umami in the stems.

Features of Wasanbou

Wasanbou has an unique flavor, good meltability in the mouth and light taste which the sugar doesn’t have normally. It has calcium and iron, and above all it is the highest grade sugar which is made by hand and has been keeping their traditional hand-made process. Wasanbou is made and supported by chosen crafts people’s hand work. From Wasanbou, please feel their passion and how wonderful the products are. You will be surely surprised and impressed at them. You will never taste such a Wasanbou which was made with affection of craftsmen.

How to use Wasanbou ?

If you use 20 to 100% Wasanbou instead of using 100% normal sugar for making sweets or some foods, you can make the food which is not too sweet, but it has fresh taste of the raw material. If you heat Wasanbou, its unique flavor might go away, but it can bring out UMAMI well. So you can put a small quantity of Wasanbou for making any filling, baked sweets, steamed sweets and many types of foods as the secret ingredient!