Type of sugar | Description/traits | Manufacturer name |
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Refined sugar |
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Caster sugar | Traditional Japanese soft sugar containing molasses |
Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd. |
Granulated sugar | Three available types: normal, coarse, and fine | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd. |
Soft brown sugar | A soft type of sugar containing caramel colored molasses | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Shirozarato(granulated) sugar | Two grain sizes available | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. Dai-Nippon Meiji Sugar Co., Ltd. |
Chuzarato(granulated) sugar | Caramel colored granulated sugar | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Raw sugar | Unrefined granulated sugar | Shinkoseito Co.,Ltd. |
Domestic sugar | ||
Granulated beet sugar | Granulated sugar made from domestically produced beets | Hokkaido Togyo Co.,Ltd. |
Okinawan brown sugar | Okinawan brown sugar in block form | Produced in Okinawa |
Pulverized brown sugar | Okinawan brown sugar in pulverized form | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Processed brown sugar | Raw sugar with added brown sugar | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. Hokutou Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Refined, high-grade Awa Wasanbon sugar | High quality sugar made from Chinese sugarcane produced in Tokushima | Okada Sugar Refinery Co.,Ltd. |
Imported sugar |
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Taiwanese brown sugar | A light brown sugar produced in Taiwan | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Chinese brown sugar | Standard brown cane sugar produced in China | Kaiginten Co., Ltd. |
Adjusted Sugar (NSS-17) | Granulated sugar containing 17% sorbito | Ueno Pharmacy Co.,Ltd. |
Others | ||
Rock candy | Large grains made by crystalizing saturated liquid sugar | Shinkoseito Co.,Ltd. |
Fructose | Fruit sugar | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Sugar cubes | Sugar processed into 3 g and 6 g cubes | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. Medium Japan Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
French cube sugar | Sugar cubes (white and brown) produced in France | La Perruche |
Coffee sugar | Dark brown sugar used for sweetening coffee | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Stick sugar | Small packs of sugar | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Oligo No Okage | Food for specified health uses | Ensuikoh Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Pure powdered sugar | Made by grinding granulated sugar into a fine powder | Hiranoya Co.,Ltd. |
Powdered sugar | Contains oligosaccharide and cornstarch to prevent melting | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. Hiranoya Co.,Ltd. |
Non-melting powdered sugar | Powdered sugar processed with coating to prevent melting | Tokukura Co.,Ltd. |
Coating sugar | Miyoshi Oil & Fat Co.,Ltd. | |
Special sugar | ||
Trehalose | Treha | Hayashibara Co.,Ltd. |
Rare sugar | Malt sugar | Hayashibara Co.,Ltd. |
Rare suga | Psicose | Matsutani Chemical Industry Co.,Ltd. |
Frost sugar | Sugar processed into granules | Nisshin Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Waffle sugar | Sugar for waffles, 3 to 5 mm in size | Chitose Sugar Co. |
Pearl sugar | Sugar for waffles, 3 to 5 mm in size | Narizuka Co.,Ltd.(Imported) |
Cassonade | French brown sugar | Begyanse Co.,Ltd. |
Palatinit | Isomalt (Sugar used for decorative candy) | Mitsui Sugar Co.,Ltd. |
Oligosaccharide | Low sweetness, the low viscosity and moisture Food product with mild sweetness, low viscosity, and moisture retaining quality | Mitsubishi Chemical Co.,Ltd. B Food Science Co.,Ltd. |
Caramel | Caramel, custard pudding caramel tablets | Happo Shokusan Co.,Ltd. Semba Tohka Industries Co.,Ltd. |