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Brown Sugar
Brown sugar
is a soft sugar whose crystals are covered by a film of
refined molasses. Light brown sugar and dark brown sugar
vary in the amount of molasses that is on the sugar
crystals. Therefore, dark brown sugar has a deeper
molasses taste than light brown.
Brown sugar is produced
similarly for white sugar, with two exceptions. The
crystals are left much smaller than for white sugar, and
the syrup or molasses is not washed off completely. Some
brown sugar producers produce brown sugar by adding
molasses to completely refined white sugar crystals in
order to more carefully control the ratio of molasses to
sugar crystals.
This is mainly done for
inventory control and convenience; there may also be
tax-related reasons to use sugar from sugar beets with
molasses from sugar cane. (sugar beet molasses tastes
awful) The resulting brown sugar is not any different,
whichever way it is prepared.
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