Sugar
Raw Sugar
Raw sugar is the residue left after sugarcane has been processed to remove molasses and refine the sugar crystals. With flavour similar to brown sugar, it should not be confused with brown sugar.
Sugar
Sugar, any of numerous sweet, colourless, water-soluble compounds present in the sap of seed plants and the milk of mammals and making up the simplest group of carbohydrates. (See also carbohydrate.) The most common sugar is sucrose, a crystalline tabletop and industrial sweetener used in foods and beverages.
Sugar is a term that includes all sweet carbohydrates, although the term most often is used to describe sucrose or table sugar, a 'double sugar'. The body breaks down carbohydrates into simple sugars such as glucose, that can be readily used in the body. There are several different sugars.
