Pure sugars manufacture for industry
Established in 1928, Ragus manufactures pure sugar syrups, inverts, treacles and crystallines in bulk for industrial customers operating globally in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical sectors, enhancing product tastes, textures and appearance.
We source, manufacture and deliver the highest quality and consistent pure sugar formulations.
From the cane and beet fields to your production line, every stage is run by a team that understands the importance of fulfilling orders on time, to specification and in full.
Sourcing
Primary cane and beet sugars from approved suppliers across Africa, Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and South America.
Manufacturing
Analysis, production and testing of premium pure sugar ingredients, with every batch quality tested in the production laboratory.
Consulting
Expertise gained through customer engagement matches the required manufacturing and application outcomes with our products.
Delivering
Working globally in partnership with our suppliers, we deliver pure sugars and syrups on time and in full.
Eleven products, from clear liquid sugar to black treacle.
Pure syrups, treacles, inverts and crystalline sugars, formulated to perform production functions such as humectancy, flavour and colour development.
Syrups
Delivered in bulk tankers and IBCs. Pails may be available depending on volume and location.
Golden Syrup
Partially inverted, amber and caramel-like. Baking, ice cream and more.
Black Treacle
Dark, bitter-sweet and rounded. Puddings, fruit cakes, brewing.
Liquid Sugar
Water-based sucrose, 67% dry substance. Soft drinks, sauces, dairy.
Cane Molasses
Robust and bittersweet. Puddings, toffee, rum, stouts and porters.
Invert Sugar Syrup
Full and partial invert. Humectant with high sweetness.
Glucose Syrup
High sweetness and viscosity. Boiled sweets, drinks, baking.
Minimum orders
Minimum order quantities are 2 tonnes per product as part of a 50 tonne per year contract. Incoterms DAP deliveries can be arranged throughout Europe.
Crystalline sugars
Unrefined sugar, cane muscovado sugar and soft brown sugar, varying in grain size, colour, texture and flavour. Supplied in 25kg paper sacks and 1000kg FIBCs.
Soft Brown Light Sugar
Moist, deep golden and fine grained. Cookies, sauces, toffee.
Dark Soft Brown Sugar
Moist and dark with a rich aroma. Cakes and dense bakes.
Demerara Sugar
Coarse, amber crystals with a mellow flavour.
Light Cane Muscovado Sugar
Light, moist, natural toffee notes. Cakes, puddings, sauces.
Dark Cane Muscovado Sugar
Dark, moist and rich. Fruitcakes, puddings, chocolate bakes.
98 years of unique knowledge.
Everything we’ve learned, from our historic roots in 1880 as a sugar analysis and consulting practice to the advanced research our specialists carry out today in the development laboratory, gives us truly unique knowledge.
- 1883Charles Eastick experiments with refining by-products and golden syrup is born.
- 1928A dedicated factory in Slough becomes the precursor to the first Ragus factory.
- 1978At 50, Ragus is the UK’s last independent sugar manufacturer.
- 2013A new multi-million-pound factory services global operations.
- 2023Ragus reaches 95: Europe’s largest independent privately owned sugar manufacturer of specialist industrial pure sugar ingredients.
We’re committed to our responsibilities in global business.
Our commitment is to embed a director-led, organisation-wide governance framework and to report on impact and progress.
Quality assured, independently audited.
Third-party assurance and standards organisations provide the accreditations that qualify Ragus to supply the most demanding customers.
Sugar Talk
Sugar market news, expertise and analysis, from Ragus.
Sugar prices turn higher: Europe’s tightening supply picture
The new sugar marketing year has begun with higher international prices and a weaker outlook for European beet sugar production. Ragus looks at why uncertainty over future supply is affecting industrial sugar buyers.
The Maillard reaction: how sugars create flavour and colour in foods and beverages
The Maillard reaction is one of the main processes through which food develops a browned colour, a roasted aroma and complex flavours during heating.
El Niño and sugar prices: what buyers need to know
Weather can change cane and beet sugar supply. Ragus explains what an El Niño year can mean for sugar prices and for buyers.
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England
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