This occurs during a 2-week period of the 5 month harvest season and provides exceptionally pure juice for the mills.
This juice purity allows the production of naturally larger crystals through a unique process that takes almost three times longer than that used for normal sugar.
The company pays almost twice as much as any equivalent sugar product reflecting both the unique process required to produce Plantation Reserve and a need to ensure that farmers to make a reasonable margin.
[2] Plantation Reserve is primarily sold through the English speaking Caribbean, including Barbados, and the United Kingdom, although no UK supplier can be identified as of November 2017.
According to Sandy Lane’s executive pastry chef, Cameron Steele, "If you smelled and tasted Plantation Reserve blind against other golden sugars, you would definitely spot the difference.