1, the main raw materials are different:

Red sugar: extracted from sugar cane (sugar beet can not produce red sugar or brown sugar, only white sugar or raw sugar), is an accessory product of industrial production of white sugar.

Brown Sugar: Finished sugar cane with honey, sugar cane is juiced and concentrated to form sugar with honey.

2, the characteristics of different:

Red sugar: larger grain, crystal surface is obvious, the color of reddish-brown, reddish-red, greenish-brown, yellowish-brown and so on, no obvious black spots. When eaten, there is a strong sweet burnt bitter flavor, water and reducing sugar is more, the lighter quality is better. Red sugar in people's daily meals is one of the essential seasoning color, edible, can also be used as seasoning.

Brown sugar: sugar according to the crystallization of different particles, divided into pieces of sugar, brown sugar powder, bowl of sugar, etc., because it is not highly refined, contains almost all the ingredients in the cane juice, in addition to the function of sugar, but also contains vitamins and trace elements, such as iron, zinc, manganese, chromium, etc., nutrient content is much higher than the white granulated sugar.

Expanded:

Classification of sugar:

Divided into:

By the national production license

White granulated sugar, white granulated sugar, brown sugar, red granulated sugar, multi-crystalline crystal rock sugar, single crystal Rock Sugar, Square Sugar, Ice Flake Sugar, Yellow Granulated Sugar (Guangdong), Processed Brown Sugar (Zhejiang).

By daily production habits are divided into:

Raw Sugar, White Granulated Sugar, Milky White Sugar, Red Granulated Sugar, Yellow Granulated Sugar, Brown Sugar Powder, Block Brown Sugar (including Brick Sugar, Bowl Sugar, Dollar Sugar and so on), Artificial Brown Sugar, Multi-crystalline Ice Sugar, Mono-crystal Ice Sugar, Ice Flake Sugar, Square Sugar, Health Care Brown Sugar, Health Care Brown Sugar, Sugar Powder, and so on.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Brown Sugar

Baidu Encyclopedia - Brown Sugar