Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Raw Cane Sugar, 24-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 12)

by Wholesome Sweeteners

Product Features

• Pack of 12, 24-ounce pouches ( total of 288 ounces)
• A washed, raw cane sugar with a rich molasses flavor
• Fair trade certified; Non- GMO; Kosher; Suitable for vegan; vegetarian; Halal- and plant-based diets
• Use to flavor hot or cold drinks, or to top baked goods
• Made from Malawi-grown 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

The Fair Trade label is a guarantee that a fair price is paid directly to farmers for their crops, which helps them survive in a world of large-scale agricultural production. The Fair Trade price means that farmers can enjoy higher living standard which lead to thriving communities and protection of their sustainable farming practices. Wholesome Sweeteners is proud to work with the Fair Trade labeling organizations who guarantee that the Fair Trade price reaches the farmers. Used this high quality Demerara-style sugar as a 1-for-1 replacement for refined sugar. Perfect in hot and cold beverages and as a sparkling topping. No animal by-products, colorings or chemicals are used in the production of this product. Suitable for Vegan, Halal and Kosher diets. Just a spoonful of Fair Trade sugar makes the world a sweeter place. Product of Malawi

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 19 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000EA3M4W
• UPC: 012511467715
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,544 in Grocery & Gourmet Food (See Top 100 in Grocery & Gourmet Food)
  • #15 in Grocery & Gourmet Food > Cooking & Baking Supplies > Sugars & Sweeteners > Raw Sugar

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars sweet!, December 16, 2008

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Suzanne L. Searle "puma" (boston, ma usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Raw Cane Sugar, 24-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 12) (Grocery)

sweet for me: best sugar around. sweet for the farmer: i buy fairtrade whenever i can. sweet for the rest of us: most fairtrade farmers would otherwise be in danger of being pushed into growing cocaine. sweet for the earth: another piece of vital tropical land preserved. oh, and did i mention that the sugar is wicked good?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YUMMY, November 9, 2007

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C. Herfurth "chucknphyllis" (Mesa, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Raw Cane Sugar, 24-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 12) (Grocery)

Raw Cane Sugar is the ideal sweetener for me - trying to get away from refined processed foods and get back to as natural as possible - price seemed to be FAIR just as they state FAIR TRADE - we will buy again!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Sweetness! and good for you, too., October 9, 2007

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Desertsiren (Nevada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wholesome Sweeteners Fair Trade Raw Cane Sugar, 24-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 12) (Grocery)

I wanted the best-tasting Organic raw sugar--and this fills the bill nicely--just a spoonful gives a rich and full-flavored sweet taste to tea, etc.