Differences and facts about white and brown sugar
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Healthy eating is so popular nowadays that people pay more attention to what they are buying and what ingredients those products contain. They realize how harmful white sugar is and because of that they start looking for sugar substitutes and often choose brown sugar as something healthier and giving them an excuse to still eat sweets. Well, it seems that you are wrong if you think that there is such a big difference between white and brown sugar. They have a lot in common and appear to be equally harmful. Be careful!
Brown sugar and white sugar are both made from sugarcane
Calories per 100g of brown sugar: 377
Calories per 100g of white sugar: 387
Taste of brown sugar: slightly less sweet
Taste of white sugar: sweeter and rich
Texture of brown sugar: moist, clumpy
Texture of white sugar: dry, grainy
Brown sugar is mainly produced by adding cane molasses to refined white sugar crystals
White sugar crystals are manufactured from either sugarcane or sugar beet
Cost (on Amazon) of brown sugar: $5.99
Cost (on Amazon) of white sugar: $6.59
Brown sugar contains more water and it has slightly fewer calories per 100g comparing to white sugar
There is very little difference between white and brown sugar
Brown sugar contains: white sugar crystals; molasses
White sugar contains: white sugar crystals
Recommended amount of sugar intake for women is no more than 6 teaspoons per day
For men, the recommended amount is 9 teaspoons
Americans eat an average of 22 teaspoons of sugar a day!
In teens, it is 34 tablespoons
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