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Iriomote Sugar Company

Iriomote Island (Taketomi), Yaeyama, Okinawa, Japan

Iriomote kokuto black sugar

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What Iriomote Sugar Company is known for

Iriomote Sugar Company has made kokuto black sugar for more than sixty years, running its production facility on Iriomote Island using cane grown on the island itself. The unrefined sugar is sold as blocks and granules prized for a deeper, more bitter sweetness than the refined product.