Packed brown sugar= Zucchero integrale di canna
For the longest time, I didn’t know where to find packed brown sugar in Italy. Try to use hand motions to describe the difference between regular and packed sugar. Major fail. So, for the folks who are having the same problem…packed brown sugar is called zucchero integrale di canna. I have seen one other kind at NaturaSì, but if you go into a larger supermarket you will almost always find this one by Altromercato.
At the Esselunga supermarket in Florence, you will see it at the head of an aisle, specifically dedicated to this brand and other bio products.
Delicious Recipes with packed brown sugar
Brown Sugar Apple pie
Brown Sugar Barbecue Chicken Drumsticks
Hi, Jackie! I realize this is an old post, but I was wondering if you know what corn syrup is here in Italy. I have a cookie recipe that calls for it. Thanks a lot!
hi Stephanie! Corn syrup is called sciroppo di mais. If you are near a specialty organic store called NaturaSì they sell it in store or on their online shop. These are two other websites MyAmericanMarket and Tibiona another organic bio store where you can purchase sciroppo di mais online.
What cookie recipe will you be baking? Something good??
Thank you for the link! And I just found this amazing website in France, My American Market. I’ve been in Italy for 15 years craving marshmallow fluff, and all this time I could have been indulging. Did you know about this market? So excited! http://www.myamericanmarket.com/us
Thanks again!
Omg fluff! Haha. I did not know about this website, so exciting. Thanks Renee, I will have to browse asap!
HUZZAH!!! I just this second told a friend there’s no brown sugar in Italy, then I decided to google it for the hundredth time — and here you are! This is great to know! However, you’re in a city and I’m in a small coastal town (Piombino), and I don’t recall ever seeing this stuff in our stores. I wonder if I can find it online…?
Nice to meet you, Jackie!
Very nice to meet you Renee! Yes we do have packed brown sugar here in Italy! You can buy it off the brand’s online site here http://bottega.altromercato.it/it/prodotto/00000072?partner=altromercato or check the naturasi store in Livorno. 🙂
I can’t thank you enough when I see this post. I recently moved to Italy and I have some recipe that requires packed brown sugar. None of my Italians friend know what it is and trying the explain to the staffs at supermarkets didn’t help either. Brava!
I know! It took me so long to figure it out too. Every time I would ask someone, they would point me to the regular brown sugar, not the packed kind. Glad I could help! Where are you in Italy?