 Sugarloaf, purchased in 2010 in the Iranian city Tabriz. Image by Petr Adam Dohnálek, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
SugarLoafSugarloaf Sugarloaf Refined sugar molded into a conical shape for commercial distribution This article is about the form of sugar. For other uses, see Sugarloaf (disambiguation). A sugarloaf was the usual form in which refined sugar was produced and sold until the late 19th century, when granulated and cube sugars were introduced. A tall cone with a rounded top was the end product of a process in which dark molasses, a rich raw sugar that was imported from sugar-growing regions such as the Caribbean and Brazil,[1] was refined into white sugar. A sugarloaf History The earliest record to date appears to be 12th century in Jordan,[2] though reference to a cone of sugar is found in al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar's 9th… (Source: Wikipedia)
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