On Sat, 09 Nov 2013 13:50:13 -0800, Mark Thorson >
wrote:

> Dave Smith wrote:
> >
> > That sounds about right. Sugar comes with molasses in it. The refining
> > process removes the molasses and then they add it back to white sugar to
> > make brown.
>
> That's only true of brown sugar from sugar beets,
> which is white sugar coated with a sugar cane extract.
> Brown sugar from sugar cane has never been white sugar.

He's in the part of the country that would normally have beet sugar.
The rest of us get one or the other, depending on price negotiations,
unless the package is clearly labeled as something specific... which
is when I cross my fingers and hope it's true.

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