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Sticky Business

Though it’s used infrequently in the United States, golden syrup is a mainstay in the kitchens of Great Britain.

By Jocelyn Laporte


Published on April 14, 2008

Though it's used infrequently in the United States, honeylike golden syrup, also known as light treacle, is a mainstay in the kitchens of Great Britain, where it's drizzled over porridge at breakfast or, for dessert, over sweets like the sponge cake. It has a boldly sweet yet nuanced flavor that plays perfectly against those foods. The ingredient is a felicitous by-product of the conversion of sugarcane juice into crystallized sugar. Tate and Lyle is the only producer of the syrup; cans of it bear the slogan "Out of the strong came forth sweetness", which comes from the Old Testament. We've never fully understood the allusion, but no matter; we love the golden goodness within.

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