Palm trees - Import export

"palm sugar The sugar juice is extracted from the blossoms of the Palm trees. The Arenga Palm Tree is highly appreciated for the high quality of its sugar juice. Processing The palms are grown by a cooperative, to which several farmers are affiliated. The palms are grown in an area that was burnt down in the past and has now been turned into a modern sustainable sugar extraction by new growth of palm trees. Using a complex method, the thick juice is processed into Arenga sugar. This sugar is supplied by the Masarang foundation. In addition, the landscaped plantations provide a new habitat for endangered species. Palm sugar resembles brown sugar, but unlike ordinary table sugar and brown sugar, palm sugar contains many more minerals, such as magnesium and potassium. The structure of palm sugar is similar to that of soft sugar and therefore very suitable for baking. Palm sugar has a characteristic caramel taste and is ideal for sweetening food and drinks."

Productinformation Coconuts have been a popular food- and raw material source for thousands of years. On account of their delicious taste and positive traits, coconuts are becoming increasingly popular even in our part of the world. Besides valuable protein, the coconut also provides brain sustenance in the form of fructose as well as palmitic- and oleic acid. The unique characteristics of lauric acid, the main fatty acid in coconuts, have been known for many years. Today, lauric acid is used to counteract viruses, bacteria and fungus, which makes coconut chips a real fitness snack. Origin The coconut palm tree originated in Melanesia, a group of islands in the pacific, north-east of Australia. It spread in part naturally and also through humans. Coconuts can drift a long way in the ocean and remain capable of germinating even after swimming in salty water for 100 days. Polynesian seafarers are responsible for its spread to South-East Asia. The coconut palm tree thrives in the wet and warm tropical belt. Its main growing areas include the Philippines, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, South India, Africa and the coasts and rivers of South America. The tree bears fruit the entire year around and produces - depending on age and location - 30 to 150 ripe coconuts per year. Palm climbers and trained monkeys harvest the coconuts. The coconut is of great value to local people.