In fact, sugar, rock sugar and brown sugar are all extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet, and all belong to the category of sucrose. White sugar is the best kind of sugar. Its granules are crystalline, uniform, white in color and pure in sweetness, slightly less than that of brown sugar. It is often used in cooking. Soft candy is powdered and suitable for cooking, and its sweetness is similar to that of sugar. There are two kinds of fudge: refined fudge and local fudge. The former is white in color and fine in texture. The latter is black in Huang Lue and of poor quality.

Sugar and fudge are just different in crystal size. White sugar has large crystal particles and low water content, while soft candy has small crystal particles and high water content.

Brown sugar is a mixture of sucrose and molasses, and white sugar is made of brown sugar through washing, centrifugation, honey separation and * * *. Rock sugar is formed by recrystallization of white sugar under certain conditions. Their chemical composition is sucrose. Brown sugar has been stored for a long time, because molasses will be oxidized and its color will become deeper and sour, so brown sugar can no longer be eaten.

Generally speaking, white sugar is flat and has high purity; Brown sugar is warm and contains many impurities; Rock candy is the crystallization of sugar.

Efficacy: Proper consumption of white sugar helps to improve the body's absorption of calcium; However, too much sugar will hinder the absorption of calcium. Rock sugar can nourish yin, promote fluid production, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on dry lung cough, dry cough without phlegm and expectoration with blood. Although there are many impurities in brown sugar, its nutrients are well preserved. It has the effects of invigorating qi, relieving middle warmer, helping spleen to digest food, enriching blood and breaking blood stasis, and also has the effects of dispelling cold and relieving pain. Therefore, women often drink brown sugar water because of cold and physical weakness or postpartum.

In addition, when eating edible sugar, you should pay attention to:

1/ Do not use for diabetics.

2/ Dosage: no more than 30 grams per day.

Tips: Rinse your mouth or brush your teeth in time after eating sugar to prevent dental caries. Sugar is easy to cause mites. Sugar stored for a long time should not be eaten raw, but should be eaten after boiling. Do not eat too much. Diabetics should not eat sugar. Pregnant women and children should not eat a lot of sugar. Mom is suitable for eating brown sugar, but don't eat it for too long. Generally, half a month is better. Elderly people with yin deficiency and internal heat should not eat more brown sugar.

Proper consumption of white sugar can improve the absorption of calcium, but too much will hinder the absorption of calcium.