This post is probably of interest to nobody but me, but I thought I'd share it. The use of Golden Syrup in place of either brewers invert syrup or Candi syrup is well established, and the making at home of the various grades of either by heating or mixing with molasses has been covered before. Brewers invert is manufactured from sugar from cane, where as Candi syrup is usually manufactured from sugar from beet. This may seem trivial, but beet sugar *has* to be refined before it can be used, where as cane sugar doesn't and can contain lots of interesting compounds which means that the two resulting syrups are different in composition and the flavour they impart to a beer.
This obviously begged the question; what are the various Golden Syrups available in super markets made from? Or perhaps it was just me. Anyhow, I thought I would pester the various customer service departments of the major supermarkets and see if I could find out.
The results are below, with two exceptions. I didn't bother asking Lidl as they don't appear to have an 'own brand' Golden Syrup, preferring to stock Tate & Lyle. The other exception was Sainsburys, who point blank refused to discuss the issue. I have therefore concluded that their own brand Golden Syrup is made from radioactive horse manure.
Just to clarify, the grandaddy of them all, Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup (as with all their consumer products) is sourced from Sugar Cane.
This was interesting for me, as Morrisons own brand, for instance, works out cheaper than Tyle & Lyle (even when purchased in bulk) and comes in handy squeezable containers. In face, they all seem to come in identical containers, and I fully expected them to all hail from the same source, but as you can see, they don't.
Hope someone finds that useful. There is a flaw in all of this - there is some suggestion that *all* golden syrup is manufactured from refined white sugar these days (irrespective of source). I don't know if that means the whole exercise was futile.
This obviously begged the question; what are the various Golden Syrups available in super markets made from? Or perhaps it was just me. Anyhow, I thought I would pester the various customer service departments of the major supermarkets and see if I could find out.
The results are below, with two exceptions. I didn't bother asking Lidl as they don't appear to have an 'own brand' Golden Syrup, preferring to stock Tate & Lyle. The other exception was Sainsburys, who point blank refused to discuss the issue. I have therefore concluded that their own brand Golden Syrup is made from radioactive horse manure.
Just to clarify, the grandaddy of them all, Tate and Lyle Golden Syrup (as with all their consumer products) is sourced from Sugar Cane.
Supermarket | Product Name | Type |
Morrisons | Morrisons Golden Syrup | Cane |
Aldi | The Pantry Golden Syrup | Beet |
ASDA | ASDA Great to Bake Golden Syrup | Cane |
Tesco | Tesco Golden Syrup | Beet |
Sainsbury’s | Sainsbury's Golden Syrup | Refused to specify / Radioactive Horse Manure |
This was interesting for me, as Morrisons own brand, for instance, works out cheaper than Tyle & Lyle (even when purchased in bulk) and comes in handy squeezable containers. In face, they all seem to come in identical containers, and I fully expected them to all hail from the same source, but as you can see, they don't.
Hope someone finds that useful. There is a flaw in all of this - there is some suggestion that *all* golden syrup is manufactured from refined white sugar these days (irrespective of source). I don't know if that means the whole exercise was futile.