Food grade molases.

[trubrit]

I have a recipe that requires me to use black molases and I can't find it anywhere.My Thai friends tell me it's called Gak Namn Tan, but when I found that it was being used as a fertilizer so I guess not food grade .

[Udon Map]

I have a recipe that requires me to use black molases and I can't find it anywhere.My Thai friends tell me it's called Gak Namn Tan, but when I found that it was being used as a fertilizer so I guess not food grade.

Trubrit, I just spoke to someone here who tells me that you have it right. I have asked her to type it out in Thai; hopefully that will help you find it in a market. Thai: กากาน้ำตาล -- Adjusted for a typo, should be กากน้ำตาล as Shado pointed out!!

She knows exactly what you're talking about. However, as you indicated, they apparently use it differently in Thailand. She told me that they combine it with scraps and discarded vegetables and let it sit for a while, after which they use it as fertilizer. She wondered, as you did, if the liquid molasses is sufficiently filtered to be of food quality.

I'm told that there are two places on the left side on the road to Nong Khai that sell it, and that they both have large signs, easily visible from the street, which say that they have it. She suggested that for food quality molasses, your best bets would likely be Tops or Villa Market.

Good luck!

[Shado]

Udon Map wrote: Thai: กากาน้ำตาล

I believe that should be กากน้ำตาล na khrap.

[DuiDui49]

Bought mine at Villa Market....Grandmother's Molasses..or something similar..

[Shado]

I believe that is Grandma's molasses DuiDui and I've bought that at Villa Market as well. It is a milder molasses and sweeter than Black or Blackstrap (as we call it back home). Here is a bit of info on molasses.

https://www.thekitchn.com/a-guide-to-mo ... nce-210864

[Udon Map]

Udon Map wrote: Thai: กากาน้ำตาล

I believe that should be กากน้ำตาล na khrap.

Miew says that you're correct!! She made a typo, and has insisted on going back and correcting her earlier entry. Done!

[trubrit]

Still haven't been able to find food grade black molasses. With all the sugar , both beet and cane growing in the area it must be around somewhere surely . :-"

[choi choi]

I have been looking for this for years here! With Thailands sugar production, you'd think easy to buy!
Is it simular to black treacle,or maybe can use as a substitute. But not seen that either!
กากน้ำตาล
"Kāk n̂ảtāl" ?