10 Dec 2021

Brown sugar shortage a nightmare before Christmas

From Morning Report, 7:56 am on 10 December 2021

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As Christmas inches closer, bakers up and down the country are desperately waiting for the supermarket shelves to be restocked with brown sugar.

A major product recall last month, over fears of low-level lead contamination, has left people scratching their heads about what to do instead, if a recipe calls for sugar of the soft brown variety.

Sarah Robson reports.