Refined Crystal White Sugar Packaging: Piece

The provided sugar is a pure carbohydrate made up of sucrose molecules. Sucrose is a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. It has an almost indefinite shelf life if stored in a cool, dry place in an airtight container. The refining process completely removes theA molassesA to give the white sugar,A sucrose. It has a purity higher than 99.7%.[1]A Its molecular formula isA C12H22O11. White sugars produced from sugar cane and sugar beet are chemically indistinguishable: it is possible, however, to identify its origin through aA carbon-13A analysis.[1]
White sugar (and some brown sugar) produced from sugar cane may be refined usingA bone charA by a few sugar cane refiners.[2]A For this reason white sugar from sugar cane may not beA 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 containa in comparison toA brown sugara some minerals (such as calcium, potassium, iron and magnesium) present in small quantities in molasses.[4][5][6]A The only detectable differences are, therefore, the white color and the less intense flavor.[6]