Is brown sugar healthier then white sugar?!


Question: Is brown sugar healthier then white sugar!?
Answers:
It is often said that brown sugar is a healthier option than white sugar!. But you can chalk that up to clever marketing or plain and simple illusion!. In reality, brown sugar is most often ordinary table sugar that is turned brown by the reintroduction of molasses!. Www@FoodAQ@Com

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Brown rice is better for you than white rice and whole wheat bread comes out on top over white bread, but does this pattern extend to sugar as well!?

It is often said that brown sugar is a healthier option than white sugar!. But you can chalk that up to clever marketing or plain and simple illusion!. In reality, brown sugar is most often ordinary table sugar that is turned brown by the reintroduction of molasses!. Normally, molasses is separated and removed when sugar is created from sugar cane plants!.

In some cases, brown sugar -- particularly when it is referred to as "raw sugar" -- is merely sugar that has not been fully refined!. But more often than not, manufacturers prefer to reintroduce molasses to fine white sugar -- creating a mixture with about 5 percent to 10 percent molasses -- because it allows them to better control the color and size of the crystals in the final product!.

So the two varieties of sugar are similar nutritionally!. According to the Department of Agriculture, brown sugar contains about 17 kilocalories per teaspoon, compared with 16 kilocalories per teaspoon for white sugar!.

Because of its molasses content, brown sugar does contain certain minerals, most notably calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium (white sugar contains none of these)!. But since these minerals are present in only minuscule amounts, there is no real health benefit to using brown sugar!. The real differences between the two are taste and the effects on baked goods!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Yes it is, because white sugar has to go trough more processes than brown sugar just to get white, so it has a lot of chemicals!. I really know this from school, but you can search like in wikipedia or google for more information!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I would think white sugar would be better since they add molasses to get brown sugar but according to the following I am wrong:Www@FoodAQ@Com

Sugar is sugar!. Sugar isn't healthy!.!.!.it's a sweetener!. Brown sugar just has a different flavor!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

No!. it just has added molasses!.
Turbinado sugar is better!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

you need to buy the dark brown raw cane sugar the lighter brown stuff is white sugar in disguise!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yea its a little bit healthier!.!.
but sugar is sugar and i guess thts bad itself anywayzz!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

brown sugar is made from reed, white - from beet!. I think both are the same for your healthWww@FoodAQ@Com

just a different kind same level of non-healthyWww@FoodAQ@Com

it all depends!.
If it has cane in it our notWww@FoodAQ@Com

yes ,especially if u sniff it over foil!. ha h aWww@FoodAQ@Com





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