1. Panela Block – this is the most popular form sold in Colombia. Each block weighs 500g and is broken into manageable pieces or crushed.

2. Panela Fudge – this is a delicious hand made sweet made from pure panela and milk.

3. Fine Ground Panela – panela block is finely crushed and passed though a graded mesh to achieve the required granule size.

4. Panela Honey – liquid panela that looks like honey but with the taste of panela.

5. Panela Malao – panela honey with flavouring, in this case maple.

6. Medium Ground Panela – crushed panela passed through a medium sieve.

7. Coarse Ground Panela – this is the most popular grading and the panela is used in this granulated form.

8. Raspadura - an example of panela being packaged for use in Brazil or Ecuador where it is known as Raspadura

Key Note

All panela products are made from evaporated cane sugar juice. There are no additives of any kind only the water is removed through various stages of boiling.