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Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is a less refined sugar with a characteristic caramel-like flavour and colour derived from residual molasses.
🍴 confectionery📅 year-round🌍 Brown sugar is made from sugar cane or sugar beet and is popular around the world.
🍳 Culinary uses
Brown sugar is often used in baking and cooking for its flavour and colour, for example in cakes and sauces.
🔍 How to choose
Choose brown sugar with fine crystals and a pronounced caramel-like aroma.
📦 Storage
Store in a sealed container in a dry place to prevent it from hardening.
🔄 Substitutes
It can be replaced with white sugar, although the flavour will be different.
💚 Health benefits
Brown sugar contains some minerals and amino acids, but it should be consumed in moderation.
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Brown sugar is food-grade sugar that has not undergone the full refining process.
It appears in recipes because of its distinctive caramel-like flavour and because it gives dough and batter a deeper colour.
Unrefined brown sugar is usually sold in larger crystals. It can be finely ground in a coffee grinder.
Brown sugar has a distinctive flavour and aroma. Its brown colour is caused by residual molasses. In addition to sucrose, it contains some minerals, such as potassium, sodium, calcium, and magnesium, as well as some amino acids.