Sweet brown granules (8,5)

I believe the answer is:

demerara sugar

(Other definitions for demerara sugar that I've seen before include "plantation crop" , "Brown sweetener from Caribbean" , "Cane product" , "Light brown sweetener, originally from Guyana" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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