The main ingredients used to make Rock Sugar are sugarcane, beets, palm trees, or toddy palm trees… Rock sugar contains saccharose along with some trace elements that help in the process of breaking down into fructose and glucose.
Rock sugar is often used as a substitute for refined sugar and is considered healthier, containing less sugar compared to white sugar.
Rock sugar appears as large sugar crystals and has a hard texture. This type of rock sugar usually comes in two colors: clear white and caramel (light yellow or dark brown). It is packaged and sold in the form of crystalline sugar or square rocks. This type of sugar contains fewer calories compared to refined white sugar.