Brown cane sugar

Recently, more and more information has appeared in the domestic media about the incredible benefits of brown sugar and the advantages of a new product over the well-known white sugar, which was given the frightening name "sweet death. " It has been decades since scientists were able to prove that excessive sugar consumption leads to serious health problems.

Brown cane sugar is still the same sucrose that comes from processing sugarcane stems. Brown cane sugar is an unrefined, i. e. not completely purified product that differs in color, but also in aroma. Brown sugar is covered with natural cane molasses, i. e. sweet molasses, which differ in its floral aroma.

Currently, there is a sufficient variety of brown sugar species, which differs in the content of cane molasses in its chemical composition. Brown cane sugar producers claim that their product is environmentally friendly and not only safe, but also beneficial to the human body.

The benefits of brown sugar

However, nutritionists and doctors criticize the statements and the indisputable benefits of brown sugar for the human body. As a result of studies, it was found that frequent consumption of brown sugar can cause similar harm to human health as other varieties of the product. Since brown cane sugar belongs to unrefined grades, the chemical composition of the product contains a large amount of various impurities.

In addition, brown sugar differs in its high calorie level compared to other varieties of the product. It is noteworthy that refined or white beet and cane sugars practically do not differ from each other in taste or appearance. Having met brown sugar on the counter of a grocery store, you can be 100% sure that the product is made of sugar cane, since the unrefined beet product does not go on sale due to the repulsive taste and appearance.

We can say that the main benefit of brown sugar lies in the vitamin-mineral composition of the product, which contains a number of vitamins, as well as naturally useful compounds for the human body. However, it is worth remembering that replacing white sugar with brown will not be a panacea for obesity or overweight. On the contrary, you will get the opposite effect, since the calorie level of brown sugar is higher than the usual product.

There are several main varieties of brown cane sugar:



demerara is one of the most common brown sugar species;

muscavado, a type of brown sugar that is distinguished by its rich caramel flavor;

turbinado or natural brown cane raw sugar;

molasses soft or black Barbadian sugar.