On Fri, 28 Aug 2015 03:33:16 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

> On Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 8:04:32 PM UTC-4, sf wrote:

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>
> For me, sucrose is sucrose. Once they've done the processing,
> there isn't a scrap of difference that I can tell. Then again,
> I don't have much use for white sugar; I'm not a baker. I mainly
> feed it to the hummingbirds.
>
> There is a difference in the environmental impact of cane versus
> beet, although it's more of a "pick your poison" kind of thing.
>
> Here's a reference that I wouldn't consider unbiased:
> <http://grist.org/food/whats-lighter-on-the-land-sugar-beets-or-sugarcane/>
>

It's still *beet* sugar and no amount of logic is going to change
that.

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Elitist Snob