Blossom · Unrefined
Coconut Sugar
Low glycemic index 35.
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Comparisons · 3 min read
Coconut sugar vs cane sugar: what GI 35 actually buys you
By COCOWEL · Published
Coconut sugar releases glucose more slowly (published glycemic index 35 against cane sugar's 65), carries measurably more minerals (343 mg calcium per 100 g against about 1 mg), and skips refining entirely. It is still sugar — about 92 g of sugars per 100 g — so the honest framing is 'a better sugar', not 'not sugar'.
Glycemic index, without the marketing
GI ranks how fast a food raises blood glucose against pure glucose at 100. Table sugar sits around 65; coconut blossom sugar's published reference value is 35. A lower GI means a slower, flatter rise — meaningful if you're paying attention to energy stability across a morning.
What it doesn't mean: license for quantity. The total sugars are nearly identical to cane sugar. Anyone managing blood glucose should be guided by their doctor, not by a comparison article — ours included.
The mineral difference is real
Refining strips cane sugar to sucrose and nothing else: about 1 mg of calcium per 100 g remains. Our blossom sugar, measured on lot 21101277, holds 343 mg calcium, 1.53 mg iron, 110 mg sodium and traces of zinc and copper — the minerals of the sap it was simmered from.
Open-kettle simmering is the whole process. Nectar is tapped from the unopened flower each morning, reduced over heat, and crystallises on its own. No bleaching, no bone char, no anti-caking agents.
In the kitchen
Swap it one for one wherever brown sugar goes. It dissolves slightly slower, caramelises readily, and brings a toffee depth that white sugar can't — bakers usually notice the upgrade in cookies and crumbles first. In coffee it behaves like an unrefined demerara.
Sources
- COCOWEL coconut blossom sugar minerals: lot 21101277
- Glycemic index values: published reference values (coconut sugar 35, sucrose ~65, honey ~58)
- Cane sugar mineral figures: published typical values