Gula Apong

nipah palm sugar

4.9321 reviews

RM16.50 3 discs, 300 g

Sarawak's smoky, salty-sweet palm sugar. Tapped at dawn, cooked the same morning.

Smoky

Mild to Deep

Batch #24, made Fri 2 Oct41 of 180 left

Delivering to

Packed this Friday, arrives in 1 to 2 working days.

RM8 to West Malaysia, RM15 to Sabah and Sarawak. Free over RM120.

Soft enough to slice with a spoon
Keeps 6 months in a cool cupboard
Sap from wild nipah along the Sambir river

How Malaysians eat it

01Melted over ice kacang
02In bubur pulut hitam
03Grated into coffee instead of sugar

What is inside

Nipah palm sap. Nothing else.

Where your RM16.50 goes

Apong Bujang: RM10.70
Packing: RM1.30
Delivery help: RM1
Pekena: RM3.50

Apong Bujang sets their own price. They are paid within 7 days of the Friday packing.

Made by Abang Jali and the Asajaya cooperative · since 2015

“Gula melaka is sweet. Gula apong is sweet and salty, like the river.”

Gula apong comes from the sap of the nipah palm, which grows in the brackish rivers of Sarawak. The sap is tapped at dawn and must be cooked the same morning or it sours.

Meet the maker

321 reviews

4.9

“I did not know gula apong was salty. It changed my cendol. It changed my coffee. It changed my life, a bit.”
PSPriya S. · Ipoh
Verified order · 3 weeks ago
“Second order of the Gula Apong. Packed so well, every item wrapped one by one. The card about Apong Bujang is now on my fridge.”
NHNurul H. · Kuantan
Verified order · 1 week ago
“Great taste, real kampung quality. Took 3 days to arrive, which is fine for something made by hand.”
DLDaniel L. · Petaling Jaya
Verified order · 3 weeks ago