Brown cane sugar: harm and benefit, caloricity and application

Recently, on the shelves of our shops can be found cane sugar. The damage and benefit of this product are not known to many, although increasingly fans of healthy eating are buying it. It is believed that it is less caloric and not so harmful. For a long time already, sugar is called a "white death" because of its ability to cause various diseases. Many people try to refuse this product altogether, because they are monitoring their health. But doctors warn that glucose is necessary to the body. It is very important for the work of the brain. Therefore sugar cane unrefined is an important product on the table for those people who want to be healthy. Moreover, you can buy it in any supermarket.

What is brown sugar?

A few people know how it differs from conventional beetroot. White refined sugar is more accessible, because its production costs less, and the sugar beet, from which it is made, grows everywhere. But in order for sugar to become usable, it is subjected to a complex process of cleaning and bleaching. That's why he is considered so harmful. And its brown variety is produced from sugar cane. His homeland is India, and already many hundreds of years ago he became popular in Europe. Get this sweetness by boiling, and he does not need bleaching at all. The brown mass has a pleasant smell of molasses and is ready for use without additional treatment. But still it is more expensive than regular sugar. The price of overseas sweets is more than 100 rubles per kilogram.

How useful is brown sugar

Thanks to the gentle way of processing sugar cane, this sweetness turns out not only tasty, but also useful. It retains all the vitamins and minerals contained in the reed. What is different from ordinary cane sugar? The harm and usefulness of it are the subject of many disputes. But it is proved that it has such advantages:

• Contains fiber, B vitamins, zinc, potassium and iron;
• In it much less sucrose, but a lot of glucose, which is very useful for the brain;
• It has a beneficial effect on the activity of many organs, especially the liver and spleen;
• Does not change the taste of the dishes in which it is added.

Can this product be harmful

Proponents of healthy eating try to buy only it. They believe that it is the cane sugar that is best suited for the preservation of health and a beautiful figure. The damage and benefits of this product are in many cases exaggerated. After all, for example, its caloric content is not much lower than that of the usual one. Therefore, those who want to lose weight should also reduce the rate of consumed sweets, even if it is brown sugar. After all, and when consumed in large quantities, it contributes to obesity. This is because glucose, which is in cane sugar, immediately enters the blood and gives the body energy. If a person does not spend it, then it is postponed. Therefore, the opinion that cane sugar can be consumed in large quantities is incorrect. Like white, it can cause metabolic disorders, disruption in the pancreas, decreased immunity, diabetes and atherosclerosis.

What is cane sugar?

Brown gives him molasses. The more it is, the darker the product. Therefore, some producers who want to earn, color brown sugar. The price of it is much higher, but no benefit - only harm.

The best is considered unrefined sugar, because it stores more useful substances. It is he who is popular with fans of healthy eating. There are several types of brown sugar:

• The demerara variety is imported from South America. It has sticky, damp crystals of golden brown color. This sugar is the most mild in action and is considered the most useful.
• The variety of muscovado has a pronounced caramel flavor. In consistence, it is moist and sticky, dark in color.
• The variety of turbine is sugar with large dry particles. In production, it is partially purified.
• Barbados black is most appreciated. He has a very dark color and a moist, sticky consistency.

Why cane sugar is so popular

After the product was imported to Russia several centuries ago, it was only available to the rich. And in recent years he has appeared on the shelves of our stores. But not everyone now knows what cane sugar is. The harm and usefulness of it are still a matter of controversy. But experienced chefs add only it to baking, because it gives pies and buns a unique exquisite taste and aroma. Also, bartenders prefer to make cocktails and coffee only with cane sugar.

How to distinguish a fake

In order not to buy the usual colored sugar, you need to know what to look for when buying:

• On the packaging must be indicated that it is unrefined;
• Real cane sugar can not be sold in the form of perfectly flat briquettes or homogeneous sand, since all its crystals have different shapes;
• This sugar is produced only in South America, the USA or in Mauritius.