Dried sugar cane syrup or unrefined sugar, light tan to dark brown in color. It comes in a hard brick or truncated cone which is scraped or grated to provide a sweetener for many recipes.
Synonyms in other languages
- Chancaca in Chile, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia
- Dulce de panela in El Salvador
- Gula Merah in Malaysia
- Gur or jaggery in India
- Kokuto in Japan
- Panela in Colombia and Ecuador
- Papelón, panela or miel de panela in Venezuela
- Piloncillo ("little pylon", so named for the cone shape) in Mexico
- Rapadou in Haiti
- Rapadura in Brazil, Paraguay and the Dominican Republic
- Raspadura in Cuba, Panama and Ecuador
- Tapa de dulce in Costa Rica
- Uluru Dust in Australia
- Veli in Nepal
