MOLASSES - THE ALTERNATE SWEETENER OF CHOICE Molasses is the alternate sweetener of choice for food manufacturers looking to ... target health conscious consumers with more wholesome products and "clean" ingredient labels. Molasses is a wholesome sweetener that is a cost-effective alternative to other natural sweeteners. It is a natural flavour enhancer and colourant that enables food manufacturers to produce wholesome products without the use of artificial colours or synthetic flavours. Fancy Molasses: The pure juice of sugarcane, inverted into a syrup. Fancy molasses is the highest grade of molasses available. (Fancy molasses is not a by-product of the white sugar manufacturing process.) Crosby's Fancy Molasses is 100% natural and contains no additives or preservatives and is non-GMO. Fancy molasses is a bit lighter in colour than the other molasses products, and the flavour is tangy sweet. Blackstrap Molasses: A by-product of the white sugar manufacturing process blackstrap molasses is the nutrient-dense syrup that remains after sucrose has been extracted from the sugarcane juice during the sugar refining process. Blackstrap molasses is very dark with a robust, somewhat bitter flavour. Like the fancy molasses, it is a pure product and contains no added sulphates or sulphites. Custom blends: Crosby's blends our fancy and blackstrap molasses products to meet the product specifications for food producers and distilleries. Crosby's has been importing the world's finest molasses for 136 years and is proud to be one of the world's largest importers of fancy molasses. The Crosby Molasses Company continues to flourish as an independently-owned family business under the direction of Jim Crosby, a fourth-generation molasses purveyor. While molasses continues to be the mainstay of the business, Crosby’s has an ever-expanding line of dry-sugar-based products and syrups, with distribution in Canada, the New England States and other international locations. read more