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http://www.thekitchn.com/ingredient-spotlight-dark-brow-115399
I was sharing this article I found on muscovado sugar. Due to the high cost of sugar imported from Brazil in Africa, America turned to the production of sugar and increased slavery to accomplish this. I am not sure what the number of slaves on sugar plantations were compared to cotton. This sugar today though may prove to be more healthy than the refined sugars we eat. I found the topic interesting. So much high fructose corn syrup in foods today and the prevalence of diabetes was not nearly as great as it is today.
The older ways of growing sugar cane and sugar beets like mangel wurtzel could have greater health benefits.
I was sharing this article I found on muscovado sugar. Due to the high cost of sugar imported from Brazil in Africa, America turned to the production of sugar and increased slavery to accomplish this. I am not sure what the number of slaves on sugar plantations were compared to cotton. This sugar today though may prove to be more healthy than the refined sugars we eat. I found the topic interesting. So much high fructose corn syrup in foods today and the prevalence of diabetes was not nearly as great as it is today.
The older ways of growing sugar cane and sugar beets like mangel wurtzel could have greater health benefits.