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which one is the sweetest, the white sugar or brown sugar?
which one is the healthiest?

2006-07-11 04:57:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink Cooking & Recipes

15 answers

Brown sugar is healthiest!!! Its also sweetest! and natural!!!!!!!!
Brown sugar
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For other uses, see Brown sugar (disambiguation).

Brown sugar typical of that bought in Western supermarkets
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Brown sugar typical of that bought in Western supermarkets

Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content or produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar.

Brown sugar contains from 3.5% molasses (light brown sugar) to 6.5% molasses (dark brown sugar). The product is naturally moist from the hygroscopic nature of the molasses and is often labelled as "Soft". The product may undergo processing to give a product that flows better for industrial handling. The addition of dyes and or other chemicals may be permitted in some areas or for industrial products.

Particle size is variable but generally less than granulated white sugar, products for industrial use e.g. as an ingredient for industrial production of cakes may be based on caster sugar (crystals of approximately 0.35 mm).
Contents

* 1 Manufacture
* 2 Nutritional value
* 3 History
* 4 Natural brown sugar
* 5 Reference
* 6 See also
* 7 External links


Manufacture

Many brown sugar producers produce brown sugar by adding molasses to completely refined white sugar crystals in order to more carefully control the ratio of molasses to sugar crystals, and to reduce manufacturing costs. Brown sugar prepared in this manner is often much coarser than its unrefined equivalent, and its molasses may be easily separated from the crystals to yield white sugar (which is not possible with unrefined sugar). This is mainly done for inventory control and convenience.

The molasses used is generally from sugar cane, because the flavor and quality of cane molasses is preferable. Sugar beet molasses while usable generally carries a strong vegetable odour from its beet origins. The white sugar to which the molasses is added can be from either origin as both are practically 100% pure and residual odour from production is minimal.

Brown sugar can be made at home by mixing white granulated sugar with molasses, using one tablespoon of molasses for every cup of white sugar (one-sixteenth or 6.25% of the total volume). Thorough blending will yield dark brown sugar; for light brown sugar, between one and two teaspoons of molasses per cup should be used instead. It is, however, simpler to substitute molasses for an equal portion of white sugar while cooking, without mixing them separately.

Nutritional value

Brown sugar has a slightly lower caloric value by weight than white sugar due to the presence of water. One hundred grams of brown sugar contains 373 calories, as opposed to 396 calories in white sugar. [1] However, brown sugar packs more densely than white sugar due to the smaller crystal size and may have more calories when measured by volume.

History

In the late 1800s, the newly consolidated refined white sugar industry, which did not have full control over brown sugar production, mounted a smear campaign against brown sugar, reproducing microscopic photographs of harmless but repulsive-looking microbes living in brown sugar. The effort was so successful that by 1900, a best-selling cookbook warned that brown sugar was of inferior quality and was susceptible to infestation by "a minute insect"[2].


Natural brown sugar

Natural brown sugar also known as raw sugar is a brown sugar from the incomplete processing of cane. Natural brown sugar is free of additional dyes and chemicals. It has more minerals than other brown sugar (up to ten times as many). Some natural brown sugars have particular names and characteristics such as Demerara or Muscovado.
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Reference

1. ^ New Scientist. I'm Sweet Enough 21 January 2006
2. ^ Levenstein, Harvey. Revolution at the Table Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. 32-33

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See also

* Demerara (sugar)
* Muscovado

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External links

* Usenet posting about sugar refining techniques
* British Sugar - Brown sugar products

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2006-07-11 05:02:38 · answer #1 · answered by Carla S 5 · 1 0

Sugar is made from sugar cane, to make the different sugars they cook the squeezings from the cane to make the different sugars, in other words dark brown sugar hasn't been cooked as long as light brown sugar, white sugar is the most refined.

I believe white would be the sweetest. But everything that is good about sugar such as potassium has been cooked out.

2006-07-11 05:04:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Brown sugar is slightly less sweet than white sugar because it contains marginally less sucrose than white sugar. some believe that brown sugar is a healthier alternative than white sugar when in reality, brown sugars are only brown because they have molasses added to them and some are less refined therefore retain some brown colouring. Nutritionally there is a slim difference.

2006-07-11 05:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

White sugar is bleached and has no nutritional value. In fact, there aren't even enough nutrients in white sugar for bacteria to grow on it. Brown sugar is definetly healthier. It's unbleached and has molasses added to it. In terms of taste, it's really your preference. I tend to like brown sugar when it's cooked, but white sugar when its raw. There's also confectioners sugar which is good in cooking and is super-finely ground white sugar with corn starch added to it.

2006-07-11 05:03:17 · answer #4 · answered by bmgleason 2 · 0 0

I think white sugar is healthier because its pure. They use molasses to make brown sugar brown if Im not mistaken. As far as whats sweeter, I think pure sugar

2006-07-11 04:59:21 · answer #5 · answered by WhatheHell 4 · 0 0

the only differance between white and brown sugar is brown has molasas mixed in

2006-07-11 05:01:22 · answer #6 · answered by Ashs 2 · 0 0

Nutrition wise they are nearly the same, and neither are "healthier". But Brown sugar tends to be a bit more rich in flavor and melts easier due to the molasses content.

2006-07-11 05:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

White sugar is NOT pure. It's refined. Raw sugar like the Sugar in the raw brand is not refined.

2006-07-11 05:03:52 · answer #8 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0 0

white sugar is good but i like brown sugar too.......... i think the healthier is white sugar

2006-07-11 05:01:15 · answer #9 · answered by Redroseluv 2 · 0 0

White is sweeter, brown is healthier. But neither is exactly good for you in large quantities.

2006-07-11 05:01:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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