Demerara Sugar
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Coffee Baking Crunchy Topping
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Premium Lioncroft Demerara Sugar with large golden-brown crystals and rich, caramel sweetness. Perfect for enhancing the flavour of coffee, desserts, baking, cocktails, and gourmet recipes.


Suitable For
Vegan Vegetarian Gluten Free Unrefined

Demerara Sugar
For Those Who Live to Cook
Coffee Baking Crunchy Topping
Size

About This Product

Premium Lioncroft Demerara Sugar with large golden-brown crystals and rich, caramel sweetness. Perfect for enhancing the flavour of coffee, desserts, baking, cocktails, and gourmet recipes.


Suitable For
Vegan Vegetarian Gluten Free Unrefined
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION (Per 100g)
Energy (kcal) 384 kcal
Protein 0 g
Carbohydrates 99 g
Sugars 98 g
Fat 0 g
Saturates 0 g
Fibre 0 g
Sodium 10 mg
Calcium 35 mg
Iron 0.7 mg
Magnesium 3 mg
Potassium 50 mg
The Story Of Demerara Sugar

Demerara sugar — named after the Demerara region of Guyana, where the style was first produced — is one of the most characterful and versatile of all sugar types, its large, golden-amber crystals carrying a naturally present, mild molasses note that gives it a depth and warmth entirely absent from standard refined white sugar. Lioncroft's Demerara Sugar is produced from quality cane, retaining the natural colour and distinctive flavour that makes this sugar so valued by discerning bakers and cooks worldwide. Available in multiple sizes, it suits everything from retail use to bulk catering.

The defining quality of demerara is its texture and its flavour — the large crystals do not dissolve immediately, creating a satisfying crunch when used as a topping for cakes, biscuits, and pastries, and the mild toffee-molasses undertone it carries adds a subtlety to baked goods and beverages that white sugar simply cannot provide. It is the classic finishing sugar for crème brûlée and baked tarts, adding a beautiful caramelised crust; the essential sweetener for a proper Irish coffee; and the preferred sugar for many artisan bread and biscuit recipes where a warm, caramel note enhances the overall flavour. Dissolved into hot drinks, its gentle molasses character adds a pleasant complexity. Lioncroft's Demerara Sugar is an everyday ingredient that brings genuinely elevated flavour to everything it sweetens.

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Tips on cooking

Convenient and ready straight from the pack — blends into marinades, rubs, stews, drinks and sauces across every cuisine.

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Sweeten tea and coffee with a light molasses note.
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Sprinkle over porridge, flapjacks and muffins.
3
Top cookies and pastries before baking for crunch.
4
Use in chutneys and marinades.
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Expert tip: Demerara's big crystals stay crunchy where caster sugar would dissolve away — which is exactly why it's the classic choice for a crackly muffin top.
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