Sugar has slowly been integrated into everyone's daily life. The most common ones are brown sugar and white sugar. For example: why does brown sugar not taste as good as white sugar when boiling sugar water? Why do girls drink brown sugar when they are on their period? I believe many people don’t know the difference between the same sugars! So, today I’m going to tell you about the difference between brown sugar and white sugar?
First of all, it can be seen with the naked eye that the two sugars are different in shape and color; brown sugar, the most common brown sugar is square and dark red, which is why it is called brown sugar. ; White sugar is most commonly in the form of granules and tends to be translucent white in color; although both sugars are extracted from sucrose and beets, many people will find that brown sugar is not as sweet as white sugar when eating it. The reason for the difference The reason is that brown sugar is mainly a finished sugar made from sugar cane with honey, which contains 95% sucrose; while white sugar is a flavored sugar made from highly refined sugar cane and beet, containing more than 95% of sucrose crystals. ;So the sweetness is much sweeter than brown sugar!
Secondly, there is also a difference in the nutritional content and efficacy of these two types of sugar; nutritional difference: compared to white sugar, the production process of brown sugar is relatively simple, and it does not need to be highly refined like white sugar, resulting in brown sugar. Almost all the ingredients in cane juice are retained. In addition to the function of sugar, it also contains vitamins and trace elements, such as iron, zinc, manganese, chromium, etc., and its nutritional content is much higher than that of white sugar. Efficacy difference: White sugar is sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and returns to the spleen and lung meridian; it can moisten the lungs and promote body fluids, relieve coughs, harmonize and benefit the lungs, soothe liver qi, nourish yin, season, remove bad breath, treat sores and remove alcohol poisoning, and detoxify salt and brine poisons. Efficacy; and the effect of brown sugar: Brown sugar has relatively more impurities than white sugar, but it also retains more ingredients. For women suffering from cold syndrome, dysmenorrhea or postpartum, drinking brown sugar water can enrich blood and activate blood circulation, and can play a role in vascular sclerosis. It has a certain therapeutic effect and is not likely to induce dental diseases such as dental caries.
Finally, when you see this, don’t confuse white sugar and brown sugar again!