Wholesome SweetenersFair Trade Organic Light Brown Sugar, 24-Ounce Pouches (Pack of 6)

I am glad I found this product on Amazon. The box of six packages of brown sugar were very fresh, not hard as some store brands that sit on a shelf for eons. The sugar itself is of great quality and tastes fantastic. My wife loves it in bowls of cream of wheat (wheat farina). The whole family uses it for baking. My primary reason for liking this brand is I know the company helps the farmers who produce it, and it is produced in a manner that is less harmful to the environment. Part of any products value is not just the product itself but also in knowing how it is made and being sure of the products claims, in this case the sugar is certified as USDA Organic, and it is Fair Trade certified.

Here's the trick to softening - and then keeping soft - brown sugar. Get a container that you can seal well. Then purchase a terra cotta brown sugar disk: Brown Sugar Disc - Various, Eagle, CatFirst, soak the terra cotta disk as directed. If the brown sugar is so hard you can't get it in the container, then put the soaked disk into the packagine. Otherwise, put sugar into the container, add the soaked disk and seal. The next day your sugar will be soft.I have one of these disks. One time I forgot to seal my container and the brown sugar dried out. I re-soaked my terra cotta disk, added it back to the container and the next day it was all softened.I love wholesome sweeteners sugars and buying it off Amazon (especially if you have Amazon Prime) is a good deal.

I am so sad! I have ordered the 6-pack of this sugar three times. The first time, it was awesome! Soft and perfect. The next two times, the sugar was ROCK HARD, and couldn't even be removed from the bag. I was really disappointed in this. Amazon's customer service was awesome and offered a refund, but wanted to make other buyers aware that there's a chance you will not be able to use this sugar. Not sure why it is so hard??

I have been using this light brown sugar for a couple years. I just started selling my organic baked goods at the local farmers market and I use this along with the dark brown sugar (also from Wholesome Sweeteners) in my cinnamon rolls. They are fantastic! They are both so soft and they aren't clumpy at all. I don't have to worry about the hard as a rock pieces in it at all. Makes mixing it much easier. I won't use any brand but Wholesome sweeteners for my brown sugar needs. I have not gotten any hard bags yet!

I love the Wholesome Sweeteners brand. It's organic and vegan (two of the reasons I purchase it) and much cheaper than purchasing them in the grocery store. It's never bricklike and always soft and fluffy, even when you've had a bag open for months. I highly recommend this brand, we won't purchase any others.

I love love love the smell of brown sugar, so when I ordered this and opened it up, that's kind of what I was expecting. It doesn't smell bad - but it doesn't smell like the brown sugar I've been used to all these years - as my kids put it, it smells like raisins :-) While it isn't a bad smell, I was just surprised at first because it was different than what I was expecting. I was curious if it would change the taste of any of the recipes I use it in, but so far it hasn't at all. The big test will be when I use it to make Pioneer Woman's caramel sauce recipe - if the taste of that recipe (which is, in large part, brown sugar) stays the same, then I am sold! Either way, this is the brand I will use for the majority of my cooking from now because it is organic. Also, I am happy to report that all 6 bags arrived very fresh and soft, with no hard lumps at all!UPDATE 4/18/14: Just tried this brown sugar in the caramel sauce recipe I mentioned above and it turned out PERFECT! No different taste at all, this is the brand I will continue to use!

Yum! This light brown sugar is so moist and robust in flavor. It has quite a deep molasses flavor. I would say that if you are switching from a mainstream brand you would compare this "light" brown sugar more to the flavor or main stream dark brown sugar. It is quite moist though- I can't say that enough. I haven't used it to bake with yet- but I prefer it in my coffee and it has a complex flavor that I haven't found in other sugars. I am on subscribe and save and will continue to receive it this way. Great price.

When I purchased this it was already getting hard. Within 2 weeks all the packages were hard. I have attempted to find ways to soften it to use and finally, in desperation, put it in my bullet and ground it up. I have never, ever bought brown sugar that got hard so fast. I have kept it in the reefer for a long time, but this did not keep at all. Very upset.