Turbinado sugar is a versatile sugar that is also sold as Sugar in the Raw. It is often the best choice if you want to make something with caramel notes that are not as strong as those from brown sugar. Turbinado sugar is useful but may not be easy to find in many places. If you cannot find it and cannot wait for it to be shipped to you, we have a few great turbinado sugar substitutes that you can try.
Your Best Bet: A Blend of White and Light Brown Sugar
Refined white sugar and light brown sugar are two forms of sugar that are easy to find in that most western grocery stores will have both. In addition, both are relatively affordable. Those factors make a combination of the two the easiest turbinado sugar substitute to implement. Light brown sugar consists of refined white sugar to which molasses has been added to provide color, moisture and flavor. Typically, light brown sugar consists of 3.5 percent molasses blended with 96.5 percent sugar. It is a way of replicating partially refined sugars like turbinado sugar and muscovado. Turbinado sugar does not have as strong a molasses flavor or as deep a brown color
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It was shipped from the port of Demerara back when Guyana was still a British possession, hence the name. Like turbinado sugar, it is often referred to as a raw sugar. It is not actually raw, just partially refined. Turbinado sugar undergoes a little extra processing in the form of steaming to remove some of its molasses content. This means that demerara is actually slightly darker and has a slightly more intense molasses flavor. However, the processing it undergoes is minimal so it has a similar pale golden appearance as that of turbinado sugar and a similar amount of moisture. In terms of its caloric content per ounce, it is identical to that of turbinado sugar. Both sugars are used similarly in recipes; however, you will usually only see a recipe that requires demerara sugar in British