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On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:58:01 GMT, (Phred)
wrote:

>In article >, Goomba38 > wrote:
>>Phred wrote:
>>
>>> And another line atributed to the good Jennifer: If you want to
>>> sweeten foods stick with raw honey, molasses or real maple syrup...
>>>
>>> Molasses? So "manufactured" sugar is death, but the molasses made in
>>> the same process is okay?
>>>
>>Perhaps that molasses also provides nutrients (iron) was her trade off
>>point? I dunno...?
>
>Could be. Provided the iron is still in a chemical state that can be
>absorbed after it's been through the mill.
>
>Cheers, Phred.

You can only get molasses by boiling the sugar cane juice. When you
are boiling sugar, it's a whole solution. The sugar crystallizes out
of it and you are left with molasses.

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