Bulk Molasses

Bulk Molasses for Pastries & Desserts

Long associated with Southern culinary traditions, molasses helps give certain dishes their distinctive flavor. Making molasses involves boiling the sugarcane juice until a large part of the water has evaporated, leaving behind a concentrated extract. The crystallized sugar is then removed, leaving the leftover liquid commonly known as molasses. Commercial kitchens typically purchase molasses in convenient bulk sizes. Besides its distinct flavor, molasses has more nutrients than traditional white or brown sugar.

What is Bulk Molasses?

Molasses that is intended for consumption by humans is processed from sugar cane only — never from sugar beets. Commercial molasses typically does not contain sulfur because of the strong chemical flavor and taste sulfur imparts. Restaurants and other commercial food service businesses find it cost-effective and convenient to buy molasses in bulk containers.

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What is Molasses Used For?

Molasses is used in both baking and cooking. It's traditionally used to give gingerbread its unique flavor, but molasses isn't just for sweets. It's also used in traditional baked bean recipes. Following are several more ways that commercial kitchens can use molasses to make their creations stand out.

Pumpernickel Bread

Consumers love house-baked bread, and a commercial kitchen that puts out a good pumpernickel is bound to enjoy a significant amount of popularity. Molasses is what gives this type of bread its signature complex flavor profile.

Meat Marinades

Molasses-based marinades provide an excellent finishing touch for beef, pork, and even chicken. Molasses mixes especially well with autumn spices such as ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Pecan Pie

Another staple dessert that relies on molasses, pecan pie wouldn't be the same without its sweet, rich contribution.

Bran Muffins

Bran muffins are a simple, basic staple that can easily be elevated a level by adding a bit of molasses to the batter.

How Does Molasses Compare to Other Sugars?

As mentioned, molasses has more nutrients than other types of processed sugar. It's rich in manganese, magnesium, copper, vitamin B6, selenium, potassium, iron, and calcium, while the nutritional profile of other types of sugar is negligible. Molasses doesn't taste like traditional sugars. White sugar, for instance, tastes sweet but brings no complexity to the table. Turbinado sugar resembles molasses more than white sugar and is processed in much the same way. Making Turbinado sugar also involves boiling the raw sugar cane. This type of sugar consists of the crystals that were removed during the final phase of making molasses. Because of this, Turbinado sugar retains some of the flavor that's characteristic of molasses, although it's not as deep and rich.

Substituting Molasses for Sugar

Substituting molasses for sugar can be tricky in many recipes, and shouldn't be attempted for anything with a traditionally light, airy flavor. However, in recipes that are open to a higher level of nuance, molasses can be successfully substituted for part of the sugar in some recipes, but the amount shouldn't exceed over half of the sugar.

Contact us today for more information on how bulk molasses can add a new flavor and texture dimension to your commercial kitchen products.

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