Brown and white sugar?

[KataMaStEr]

What???s the difference between brown sugar and white sugar?

 

[Arnold]

found this on the net for you:

Granulated white sugar is essentially pure sucrose, whether derived from tropical sugar cane, or temperate sugar beets. White sugars vary mostly in the size of their crystals. The degree of processing by the manufacturer may also account for different degrees of whiteness.

Brown sugars are of two basic types: sticky and free-flowing. Both are produced by adding a suitable type of syrup (these days it's usually molasses) to purified or refined sugar. The color and texture of the final product are determined by the ratio of sugar to syrup in the mix, as well the the original colors of the constituent ingredients.

 

[Robboe]

Brown sugar tastes nicer.

Demorara is best. Muscavado is alright though.

Brown sugar tends to have more minerals and vitamins than white. Albeit, not much.

 

[Arnold]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy
Brown sugar tends to have more minerals and vitamins than white. Albeit, not much.

I have heard/read contradictory info on this, some say this is true others say it's not.

 

[Robboe]

Yeah. I dunno really. It's something my mam told me when i was a young whipper-snapper and it's just stuck.

The white stuff gets bleached though, right?

 

[DaMayor]

Originally posted by The_Chicken_Daddy

The white stuff gets bleached though, right?

More like "stripped".

 

[Nigeepoo]

Succanat/rapadura is unrefined dried sugar cane sap.
Reading from the label, 100g contains the following:-
372kcals/1581kj
Carbohydrate 93g
Protein 0.1g
Fat 0g
Calcium 1300mg
Phosphorus 115mg
Magnesium 65.9mg
Zinc 2.1mg
This adds up to 94.5g. So what's the missing 5.5g - fibre?

Tastes nice, but it's still 93% carbs.

 

[leg_press]

I was told that white sugar, was from the sugar canes and that 'brown' sugar and has molasses added but pure brown sugar is just like white only brown