Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Organic Powdered Sugar, 16-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 6)

by Wholesome Sweeteners

Product Features

• Pack of 6, 16-ounce pouches of (total of 96 ounces)
• Rich and creamy, with a mellow, smooth flavor; the choice of many top pastry chefs
• Certified-organic and fair trade, non-GMO, kosher; suitable for vegan, vegetarian, halal- and plant-based diets
• Gives a toffee flavor to baked goods; great for dusting, frostings, and fillings
• Made from imported ingredients and packaged in Sugar Land, Texas

Product Description

About the Brand

Wholesome Sweeteners brings the very best of nature's sweetness to you and your family every day. Wholesome believes in traditional ways, artisanal products and a very light environmental footprint. After searching the world for the best products, Wholesome has focused on the tropics, where the climate and conditions are just right for growing organic sweeteners. With Fair Trade Certified™ organic and natural sweeteners from Central and South America and Africa, Wholesome is committed to making the world a sweeter place, one spoonful at a time.

Company Overview

• Founded in 1995 in Sugar Land, Texas, Wholesome Sweeteners supplies the American market the highest quality natural and organic sweeteners from around the world.
• Wholesome Sweeteners pioneered efforts to bring sugar and honey into the Fair Trade movement and was the first to bring Fair Trade Certified sweeteners to American markets. Wholesome Sweeteners now offers a wide range of Fair Trade Certified, organic and natural sweeteners produced by traditional methods from nature’s best resources.

Fair Trade Certification is a promise that: Farmers’ cooperatives are paid directly (no middlemen). The members receive a fair and reliable set price for their crops. The cooperative has access to loans and additional premiums for community and business development. It’s trade, not aid. Cooperatives decide how the money is invested; the only stipulation is that every member has a vote in how the inves™ent is made.

Social Responsibility
The Fair Trade Certified™ logo represents Wholesome's commi™ent to consumers that a fair premium price is paid to the farmers’ cooperatives that supply Wholesome’s Fair Trade products.

Since initiating the Fair Trade Certified program in 2005, Wholesome Sweeteners has paid more than $800,000 directly to Fair Trade cooperative partners in Costa Rica, Malawi, Mexico and Paraguay. Fair Trade means that farmers can send their kids to school, keep their land, develop the quality of their harvest and build thriving communities.

Beyond the parameters of Fair Trade Certification, Wholesome selects suppliers based on a demonstrated commi™ent to social responsibility and community outreach.

Environmental Responsibility
Wholesome Sweeteners' ethos is shaped by a deep concern for the long-term health of the planet and all of its inhabitants.

The USDA Organic logo is Wholesome's promise that we hold every product to the highest environmental standard. Each product bearing the USDA Organic logo has been grown and milled to USDA Organic standards, without the aid of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or chemicals.

Wholesome uses traditional methods:

• Fair Trade certification includes a commitment to sustainable agriculture. In recent years, unprecedented acreage has been converted from conventional agriculture to organic cultivation, reducing exposure to pesticides, herbicides and fungicides.
• From the seed stock to harvest, our sugar cane is cultivated and harvested by hand and grown without synthetic fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
• Wholesome’s cane fields are never burned. During the harvest, trimmings are allowed to stay where they fall, decomposing naturally, returning nutrients to the soil, helping protect topsoil and ground water and providing habitat for wildlife.
• At the small mills in Costa Rica, Malawi and Paraguay, our sweeteners are made simply and the spent sugar cane, called bagasse, is often recycled as fuel to generate electricity for the mill and nearby villages.
• Deep in Southern Mexico’s jungles, honeybees browse on lush wildflowers without exposure to antibiotics or chemicals.

Product Description

Perfect for dusting, frosting and fillings. Certified Organic and Fair Trade. USDA Organic. No pesticides. No herbicides. No chemicals. No bleaches. The natural alternative for refined white powder. A rich, creamy powdered sugar produced by simply pulverizing Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Cane Sugar. Unlike refined powder sugar with its overpowering, harsh, chalky sweetness, our Organic Powder retains the cane's natural molasses to give a smooth, mellow and rounded flavor. Use as a 1-for-1 replacement for refined powdered sugar. Produced without the use of chemicals, pesticides, bleaches or animal by-products. Organic and Kosher certified, GMO-free and suitable for Vegan and Halal diets. The Fair Trade label guarantees the consumer a fair price is paid directly to the farmer for the sugar cane they grow. Returning real value to the primary agricultural producers means they can complete with factory farms whilst protecting sustainable farming practices. It also means they can enjoy higher living standards and develop thriving communities. A spoonful of Fair Trade Sugar really does make the world a sweeter place! When making a simple water icing for muffins or cookies, the Organic Powder gives a rich golden honey color and mellow toffee flavor derived from the natural molasses retained in the unrefined, unbleached, organic sugar.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EA2D9C
• UPC: 012511320041
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,606 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #13 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Cooking & Baking Supplies > Sugars & Sweeteners > White Sugar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vegan powdered sugar, May 8, 2008

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Linda Patton (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Organic Powdered Sugar, 16-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

I am baking a vegan wedding cake for my niece. I ordered this sugar because it is not filtered through any animals bones. There is no difference between this sugar and what you get from your supermarket except that this seems much fresher. It is very nice to use. The sugar arrived promptly and I expect to order more of it.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet doesn't have to be nasty for you., June 13, 2007

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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Organic Powdered Sugar, 16-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

Yummy and I have peace of mind that when I want to use sugar for that extra (and rare in our house) treat, it will be the most natural possible. Sweet with no after taste. Real sugar and no pesticides. Why not?

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than ordinary powdered sugar, January 16, 2010

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J. Bonello (Mississippi USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Organic Powdered Sugar, 16-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 6) (Grocery)

This powdered sugar has a superior taste to non-organic traditional powdered sugar. I use it to make homemade buttercream frosting for my cakes and the taste is outstanding!! Everyone who eats it raves about how good it is. My grocery store stopped carrying this and I baked a cake today with regular powdered sugar - the frosting is nowhere near as good. I'm ordering from Amazon today! Do not hesitate to buy this - it is a better product!!