1. Efficacy and use

Brown sugar is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the spleen. It has the functions of replenishing qi and blood, strengthening the spleen and warming the stomach, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Brown sugar contains glucose, fructose and other monosaccharide and polysaccharide energy substances, which can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells. Folic acid and trace substances can accelerate blood circulation, stimulate the body's hematopoietic function, and improve local Supply of nutrients, oxygen, and moisture to the skin.

Brown sugar is very sweet. Brown sugar is rich in substances. In addition to sweetness, it also has a unique and special flavor. It is suitable for use in simple foods because of its sweetness. It has high purity and can be used to prepare drinks or make pastries without affecting the original flavor of other materials. It also has the effect of making pastries fluffy.

2. Consumer groups

Brown sugar is suitable for women with irregular menstruation and those who have just given birth. In fact, brown sugar is more suitable for the elderly, especially those who are old and frail and have just recovered from serious illness. eat. Although brown sugar is rich in nutrients, you should not be greedy. It is recommended that the daily intake of brown sugar is about 25 grams.

The main consumer groups of brown sugar are mainly in the south. For example, brown sugar produced in Guangdong and "Yiwu Qing" produced in Yiwu, Zhejiang are both representatives of brown sugar. In the process of modern industrial production, a kind of brown sugar produced in Guangdong and Guangdong regions was produced using light brown sugar as raw material and adding a small amount of crushed yellow rock sugar.

3. Production process

Brown sugar is made by chopping and crushing sugar cane. The pressed juice is first removed from impurities such as soil, bacteria, and fiber, and is boiled over low heat for 5 to 6 seconds. hours, the concentration of sugar gradually increases. After cooling, the high-concentration syrup will solidify into solid lumps of jaggery, also known as brown sugar bricks. This traditional method maintains the original nutrition of sugar cane and also gives the brown sugar a flavor similar to burnt sugar. The special flavor of sugar.

Brown sugar is boiled using local methods. The unloaded sugar cane must first be pressed with a press. The juice "spit" out by the press will flow into a large iron pot lined up through a small tube, etc. Bring the pot to a boil, filter out the impurities floating on the upper layer, and scoop the remaining juice into a separate pot to form real sugar water. After the sugar water with extremely high sugar concentration solidifies, it is poured into the prepared shaping bed to condense and cut into pieces.

4. Classic recipe

Brown sugar and black plum soup: originated from "Zhaiyuan Prescription". This recipe uses brown sugar to nourish the spleen and activate blood circulation, and black plum to astringe and stop diarrhea. Used for prolonged diarrhea, abdominal pain, and inability to eat.

Ginger and brown sugar soup: Fry over low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Take 2 spoons each time with warm water. Derived from "Compendium of Materia Medica". It is used for cough due to cold lung, vomiting, lack of food, and disharmony between the lung and stomach.

Because brown sugar is produced by local methods and has not been refined by chemical methods, it maintains the original flavor of cane sugar. It is used in many high-end foods today to make red bean soup, brown sugar cake, black tea, coffee, etc. .

Baidu Encyclopedia-Brown Sugar

Baidu Encyclopedia-Brown Sugar