Old brown sugar is better.
Ordinary brown sugar is the use of chemical additives to extract sugar cane juice sugar, other nutrients are lost, in addition to sweetness and no other role.
The old brown sugar uses a physical method, slowly simmering sugarcane juice over a wood fire and then crystallizing it naturally. In the process of boiling brown sugar directly add ginger, so that the complete preservation of the nutrition of sugarcane brown sugar, not only taste mellow, but also has outstanding medicinal value and health effects.
Expanded Information:
Brown sugar water is the most common and practical brown sugar health drink in early times, which has the effect of tonifying the middle, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and warming the stomach.
Old brown sugar contains riboflavin, carotene, niacin and trace elements such as manganese, zinc, chromium and various other elements indispensable for human growth and development. In addition, old brown sugar contains 10 times more calcium and 3.6 times more iron than white sugar.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia - Brown Sugar
Baidu Encyclopedia - Brown Sugar with Ginger