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Sucanat is a registered trademark of Ragus Holdings, Inc. Sucanat stands for SUgar CAne NATural (SU CA NAT) and is made by crushing the sugar cane, extracting the juice then heating it.The juice is reduced to a dark syrup, then hand-paddled, creating dry porous granules called Sucanat.ucanat stands for SUgar CAne NATural (SU CA NAT) and is made by crushing the sugar cane, extracting the juice then heating it. The juice is reduced to a dark syrup, then hand-paddled, creating dry porous granules called Sucanat.
Dark brown from molasses, Sucranat is the trade name for sugar made by boiling cane juice until it forms crystals. Raw sugar, muscovado, Barbados, demerara and turbinado. Raw sugars are about 96 to 98% sucrose. The remainder is a thin brown coating of molasses, water, plant material, minerals, and other nonsugars.