Muscovado is a thick, unrefined sugar that has a rich smell and is moist and thick. The good thing about this sugar is that is contains minerals because it has not gone through the stripping down and processing of other sugars. when it is highly processed, sugar is turned into an ‘empty-calorie’ product that contains nothing of nutritional benefit. Replacing your usual white sugar with muscovado sugar at home can help lower the amount of ‘empty calories’ you consume.
The extraction process of muscovado sugar is very simple; the extracted juice from the sugar cane is boiled until it has reduced to about 30 percent. The residue is then dried out and it solidifies to form the sugar granules known as muscovado sugar. In comparison, white sugar undergoes additional heating, filtering and bleaching stages, which removes most of its nutritional content in the process. Another health benefit muscovado sugar has over refined sugar is that it is free of harmful chemicals such as phosphoric acid, sulfur dioxide and formic acid, which may be put in during the additional stages white sugar goes through.
You can follow my facebook by clicking here and my pinterest here and my twitter here.
Feel like shopping? Click here.
I live by muscovado – it’s so delicious.
I agree! By the way, love your blog!
I have been on a sugar-free/gluten-free diet for a while for health reasons, and I have been turned on to the alternative of Coconut palm sugar. it is very similar, you should try it out!
Pingback: Gluten Free Flourless Orange and Chocolate Cake | ohlalalivia