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L'Aventure du Sucre

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History

The setting for this gem of a museum is an old factory, itself evoking bygone days and a symbol of all that sugar represents. It lies within the beautiful Beau Plan Sugar Estate, located close to the famous Pamplemousses Botanical Gardens. Pamplemousses is one of the oldest villages in the island, where Governor La Bourdonnais built his mansion and where Pierre Poivre began the Gardens, close to the beautiful church where Bernardin de Saint-Pierre chose to lay to rest Paul and Virginie. The village is a good place for a stroll, with scenes of a tranquil way of everyday life tucked away around many a corner.

Sugarcane

Sugarcane has some exceptional characteristics, particularly in its fixation of carbon dioxide and contribution to a clean environment, thus participating in an important way in the preservation of the environment. Environmental issues thus naturally form part of L’Aventure du Sucre’s concerns and why it regularly holds exhibitions on topics related to the environment.

Sugar

The 12 natural brown sugars from l’Aventure du Sucre. Each will amaze you with its unique colour, taste and texture. Their subtle honey, vanilla, cinnamon and liquorice flavours are the result not of flavourings, but of the manufacturing process. The same is true for their size and texture. For example, the larger grains are the result of layers of molasses forming around a sugar crystal: the more layers are allowed to form, the larger the resulting grain of sugar.

The Grain’s Softness

In the final stage of processing, sugar crystals are placed in a centrifuge that acts as a spin dryer, detaching sugar crystals from any remaining molasses. The less the crystals are dried, the more they will remain moist, soft and the beautiful tawny colour of molasses. In addition to being delicious, these whole sugars retain the nutritional value of sugarcane, which is naturally rich in calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus and iron.