About 3 months ago I realized that I had been living in ignorance my entire life. I had been blindly buying big bags that said "sugar" on the front assuming that they were actually "sugar" (from the sugarcane plant) that many of us think about when we hear the word sugar.
My epiphany came about 3 months back while purchasing a bag of brown sugar. The C&H brand had a little label that said, "Pure cane sugar, no beet sugar". I thought, "my that's silly, all sugar is made from sugar cane".
Well, I picked up the bag of generic brown sugar only to find that it was made from beet sugar and molassis. The generic bag of granulated sugar was also made from beet sugar. I was flabbergasted that i had be decieved for all these years. I bought bags of C&H sugar and have never looked back.
Now, I've never really done a side-by-side comparison of the two types of sugar but I buy the cane sugar on pure principal.
What do you all think of beet sugar? Do you use it? Avoid it? Not even know its out there?
Lets hear your ideas.
My epiphany came about 3 months back while purchasing a bag of brown sugar. The C&H brand had a little label that said, "Pure cane sugar, no beet sugar". I thought, "my that's silly, all sugar is made from sugar cane".
Well, I picked up the bag of generic brown sugar only to find that it was made from beet sugar and molassis. The generic bag of granulated sugar was also made from beet sugar. I was flabbergasted that i had be decieved for all these years. I bought bags of C&H sugar and have never looked back.
Now, I've never really done a side-by-side comparison of the two types of sugar but I buy the cane sugar on pure principal.
What do you all think of beet sugar? Do you use it? Avoid it? Not even know its out there?
Lets hear your ideas.