Wasanbon
| Wasanbon | |
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| Type | Sugar |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Region or state | Tokushima and Kagawa, Shikoku |
| Main ingredients | Sugarcane plants (taketō or chikusha) |
 Cookbook:Wasanbon  Wasanbon | |
Wasanbon (和三盆) is a fine-grained Japanese sugar, traditionally made in the Shikoku prefectures Tokushima and Kagawa. The sugar is often used for Japanese sweets (wagashi). The sugar is made from thin sugarcane plants grown locally in Shikoku, called taketō (竹糖) or chikusha (竹蔗).
References
- 和三盆 [Wasanbon] (in Japanese).
- Matsui, T; Kitaoka, S (1981). "Contents and compositions of the aroma in 'Wasanbon' sugar". Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology 27 (6): 563–72. PMID 7334426.