What's the difference between brown and white sugar, and is brown sugar better for you?

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There's a short summary on this page:- http://ask.yahoo.com/ask/20000707.html 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. One more noteworthy difference: a cup of brown sugar has slightly more calories than white, but it "also contains 187 milligrams of calcium, 56 of phosphorous, 4.8 of iron, 757 of potassium and 97 of sodium, compared to only scant traces of those nutrients found in granulated sugar." Sweet! http://www.sucrose.com/ltypes.html [Added original reference link - McG] Aug 21 02, 6:18 AM

queproblema

Interesting--this question came up at the breakfast table yesterday when a young mother didn't let one child put more white sugar on her cereal but let her brother load on the brown sugar. I found this source among many that show there's no great difference nutritionally: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/health/nutrition/12real.html Jan 26 08, 7:00 PM

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