Raw Turbinado Sugar

SJSchwartz
SJSchwartz Posts: 131
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
I just bought some of this today. Is it healthier than regular sugar? I don't really know much about it. Did I waste my money?? :)

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  • emay45
    emay45 Posts: 32 Member
    It should be healthier for you considering it is raw and therefore is not as processed as other sugars? Not sure...
  • fiftyandfit
    fiftyandfit Posts: 349 Member
    Sugar is sugar......turbinado is just not refined but contains as much sucrose

    What Are the Various Forms of Sugars?
    Sucrose
    More commonly known as white, refined table sugar, it comes from sugar cane, sugar beets, and sugar maples, and is the most widely used form of sugar. The following is a list of products in the sucrose family:4

    White sugar 99.9 percent sucrose
    Turbinado sugar 99 percent sucrose
    Brown sugar 96 percent sucrose
    Maple sugar 95-98 percent sucrose
    Maple syrup 65 percent sucrose
    Molasses 50-70 percent sucrose
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