Chemistry:White sugar
White sugar, also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, is a commonly used type of sugar, made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, which has undergone a refining process.
Description
The refining process completely removes the molasses to give the white sugar, sucrose. It has a purity higher than 99.7%.[1] Its molecular formula is C12H22O11. White sugars produced from sugar cane and sugar beet are chemically indistinguishable: it is possible, however, to identify its origin through a carbon-13 analysis.[1]
White sugar (and some brown sugar) produced from sugar cane may be refined using bone char by a few sugar cane refiners.[2] For this reason white sugar from sugar cane may not be vegan. Beet sugar has never been processed with bone char and is vegan.[3]
From a chemical and nutritional point of view, white sugar does not contain—in comparison to brown sugar—some minerals (such as calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium) present in small quantities in molasses.[4][5][6] The only detectable differences are, therefore, the white color and the less intense flavor.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dario Bressanini (3 June 2009). "Miti culinari 6: lo zucchero veleno bianco" (in it). Le Scienze Blog. http://bressanini-lescienze.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2009/06/03/miti-culinari-6-lo-zucchero-veleno-bianco/.
- ↑ "Animal Bones" (in en). http://www.sucrose.com/bonechar.html.
- ↑ "A List of Bone Char Free Vegan Sugar Companies" (in en). https://ordinaryvegan.net/vegansugar/.
- ↑ Raffaella Procenzano (28 January 2014). "Lo zucchero bianco fa male più dello zucchero grezzo?" (in it). https://www.focus.it/scienza/scienze/lo-zucchero-bianco-fa-male-piu-dello-zucchero-grezzo.
- ↑ Anahad O'Connor (12 June 2007). "The Claim: Brown Sugar Is Healthier Than White Sugar" (in en). https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/health/nutrition/12real.html?ei=5070&en=2c7b0deda8710630&ex=1186632000&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1186592818-8CJn9xUUuK6+4WQViP11tA&_r=0..
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Dario Bressanini (6 April 2009). "Miti culinari 5: le virtù dello zucchero di canna" (in it). Le Scienze Blog. http://bressanini-lescienze.blogautore.espresso.repubblica.it/2009/04/06/miti-culinari-5-le-virtu-dello-zucchero-di-canna/.
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External links
- All about White sugar – The Spruce Eats
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