is brown sugar refined sugar?

Question

or honey is that refined sugar?

Answer 1

Refined sugars have many different names, such as granulated (table) sugar, powdered sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, raw sugar, turbinado sugar, and malt. Even much commercial fructose is really pure refined sugar.


There are 4 classes of simple sugars which are regarded by most nutritionists as "harmful" to optimal health when prolonged consumption in amounts above 15% of the carbohydrate calories are ingested: Sucrose, fructose, honey, and malts.

Some of you may be surprised to find honey here. Although honey is a natural sweetener, it is considered a refined sugar because 96% of dry matter are simple sugars: fructose, glucose and sucrose. It is little wonder that the honey bear is the only animal found in nature with a problem with tooth-decay (honey decays teeth faster than table sugar). Honey has the highest calorie content of all sugars with 65 calories/tablespoon, compared to the 48 calories/tablespoon found in table sugar. The increased calories are bound to cause increased blood serum fatty acids, as well as weight gain, on top of the risk of more cavities.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

No, neither of them are what we consider "refined" sugar, which is usually white. Brown sugar is actually made from molasses, and honey, if you get it raw at a health food place, is also unrefined. Sugar as we know it comes from sugar cane or sugar beets.
You can buy "raw" sugar at most stores. That is true, unrefined sugar.

Answer 4

Brown sugar is refined sugar that hasn't been refined as much as white.....origin - sugar cane

Honey is totally different and is pasturized.....origin - bees !

Answer 5

each and every has its own time and purpose for utilization. straightforward white subtle is maximum inexpensive and least complicated to locate observed by using brown sugar in cooking recipes. honey is interchangeable in maximum recipes tastes stable and mixes nicely in maximum diets. maple syrup or sugar is probable the tastiest yet comes with a value to examine in that its the costliest, and a few situations annoying to locate off season, i like all 4, yet probable stable previous bee spit on my ice cream and apple sauce isthe superb of all

Answer 6

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_sugar