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Whole cane sugar

Kakamega · western Kenya

Whole cane sugar, unrefined, artisanal — origin Kakamega, Kenya. The cane juice is cooked in open pans, cooled and milled: neither refined nor bleached. Brown colour, caramel and molasses notes.

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Origin and supply chain

In the west, Kakamega is one of the wettest and greenest regions of Kenya, well suited to cane. We buy from workshops in the region against a written specification; workshops are paid more when the lot passes control.

Name: Whole cane sugar, unrefined
Trade name: Jaggery
Ingredient: Dehydrated sugar cane juice — 100%. No additives, colours or anti-caking agents.
Origin: Kakamega and Vihiga, western Kenya
Process: Cane pressed, juice cooked in open pans, cooled, milled. No refining, no bleaching, no reconstitution from white sugar and molasses.
Status: Conventional product, not certified.

Formats and packaging

Format	For	Packaging
25 kg bulk	Distributors, artisans, manufacturers	25 kg bag with food-grade liner
500 g pouch	Fine grocers, diaspora grocers	Resealable pouch — packed in France
250 g jar	Fine grocers, gifting, tasting	Glass jar, metal lid, seal — packed in France

Palletisation and units per pallet: supplied with the product data sheet.

Uses by trade

ChocolatiersGanaches, pralines and fillings with molasses notes.
Pastry chefs and biscuit makersSweet pastry, biscuits, caramels, crumbles.
Ice-cream makersIce-cream and sorbet bases with a caramel taste.
Coffee roastersCoffee-side sugar, at the counter or for retail.
Infused rums and syrupsMacerations and syrups where the sugar brings its own aromatics.
Fine and diaspora grocers500 g pouch and 250 g jar, shelf-ready.

Technical specification

Every parameter is guaranteed per lot. Figures appear on the product data sheet and on each lot’s certificate of analysis — we publish no number before analysis.

Parameter	What we guarantee
Physical and chemical
Particle size	Free-flowing powder, non-caked — distribution: specification supplied with the product data sheet
Moisture	Guaranteed per lot — value stated on the certificate of analysis
Colour	Positioned per lot on our reference colour chart — contractual range: specification supplied with the product data sheet
Total sugars, ash	Guaranteed per lot — value stated on the certificate of analysis
Foreign matter	None — visual check and sieving per lot
Microbiology
Panel	Total plate count, yeasts and moulds, Salmonella, E. coli — results on the lot certificate of analysis
Contaminants
Heavy metals (Pb, Cd)	Reference: Reg. (EU) 2023/915 — control plan supplied with the product data sheet
Pesticide residues	Reference: Reg. (EC) 396/2005 — control plan supplied with the product data sheet
Allergens
Composition	No Annex II allergen (Reg. (EU) 1169/2011) in the product
Cross-contact	Specification supplied with the product data sheet

Documents supplied per lot

Lot recordWorkshop, region, cooking date, quantity, lot number — the number on the pack points back to it.
Lot certificate of analysis (COA)Third-party laboratory, one certificate per lot.
Proof of originEU–Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement: nil import duty.
Product data sheetSpecification, formats, palletisation, storage.
Supplier specificationOn request, for your listings.