Demeraran.
/dɛməˈrɛːrə//dɛməˈrɑːrə/ Used to designate a kind of (raw) cane-sugar, originally and chiefly brought from Demerara, the crystals of which have a yellowish-brown colour.
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1848 Sugar Question ii. 72 With a long price of 42s. for Demerara sugar, and more labour, the estates could go on.
1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 251/1 The ‘Demerara crystals’ are very popular for their purity and saccharine strength.
1895 Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 106/1 Sugars..Demerara, best, per 28 lb tin 5/3.
1895 Young Woman Dec. 98/2 Sprinkle them with a little Demerara sugar to form a crisp brown coating.
1901 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 4 May 1119/2 The West India Committee have caused several grocers to be prosecuted..for selling yellow crystals as Demerara sugar.
1959 Which? Oct. 134/2 Demerara sugar consists roughly of 98 per cent of sucrose, 0.7 per cent of other sugars and 0.5 per cent of moisture. In addition there are traces of some minerals and even smaller traces of a few vitamins.
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