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Sugar that has a sweet taste liked by many people. White sugar, brown sugar and palm sugar have different nutrients. This is an explanation of the nutrition doctor.
Sugar can be mixed in drinks, or complementary flavors in cooking. Interestingly, Indonesians know many types of sugar, including the trends, palm sugar.
The three most famous and widely used sugar are brown sugar, palm sugar, and sugar or white sugar. These three sugar can be used for sweeteners of drinks or food. Even often also used as a complement to spices in stir -fry or other vegetables.
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So, what’s the difference? Which is healthier, is it true that palm sugar is healthier?
Nutrition doctor at Melinda Mother and Child Hospital, Bandung, Johanes Casay Chandrawinata said the most prominent difference of these three types of sugar was its shape. Although brown sugar and palm sugar do look quite similar.
“Of course the different shape is. If it tastes, it’s similar. But it is still different even the aroma is also different, the nutritional content is also different,” said Johanes when contacted by CNNIndonesia.com some time ago.
These three types of sugar are simple carbohydrates. All three contain sucrose and glucose, with quite different concentrations. So, what in terms of nutrition?
 White sugar, brown sugar, and palm sugar, what’s the difference? Photo: Getty Images/PhotographyAbasica |
The molase content that makes the red or brownish color in brown sugar is high enough. Molasses, said Johanes, are sugar cane drops which are the main sources of making brown sugar and white sugar.
“Now if in sugar cane, the molasses are removed. So the color of sugar is white,” said Johanes.
But, in terms of nutrition is actually not too different. However, the content of iron and calcium in brown sugar is a little higher when compared to white sugar.
 Among the others, white sugar has the least iron and calcium content. Photo: Getty Images/Istockphoto/Natalia_Grabovskaya |
In addition, the calories contained in brown sugar are also far less when compared to white sugar. Johanes said, in four grams of brown sugar, there are 15 calories, while white sugar has 16.3 calories.
“But all the nutrients are the same, so it can’t be said that brown sugar is much healthier and can be used in large quantities, still can’t,” he said.
So, what about palm sugar?
 While palm sugar also cannot be consumed excessively. Photo: Getty Images/Istockphoto/Natalia_Grabovskaya |
Johanes said, the calories contained in palm sugar per 100 grams were 377 calories. Arena sugar also has different raw materials, which is derived from palm tree sap.
Therefore, this sugar is not suitable for consumption by diabetics.
Palm sugar is often considered a natural sugar. Even though he said, both palm sugar, sugar or white sugar with brown sugar are all the same. These three types of sugar cannot be used excessively.
After all, glucose is also not only contained in sugar. In white rice, or other foods there is also glucose.
“Therefore, brown sugar or palm sugar because the dark color is considered natural to be widely used. Even though it is not like that, everything if used excessively can make diabetes,” he said.
About the complete type of sugar can be read here:
(DetikFood team/team detikFood)
