Produced from Sugar Cane or Sugar Beet, Sugar is a white crystalline carbohydrate most of us use everyday as a sweetener and a preservative.
When adding sugar to water, the crystals dissolve up to a point where it gets saturated, after which no more sugar can be dissolved into that solution. The amount of sugar you need to saturate will vary according to the temperature. At very high temperatures, sugar remains in the solution while water evaporates and and sugar molecules will begin to crystallize as soon as the temperature drops back into a solid state. This is very important in making candy.
The two most popular varieties of Sugar we know are the granulated (white) sugar and brown sugar. White sugar is a highly refined version of cane or beet sugar. What we get as brown sugar today is mostly white sugar combined with molasses. The distinctive brown color and the soft texture is mainly due the presence of molasses, which is a byproduct you get when processing sugar cane or sugar beets into sugar.
Brown sugar contains less calories than the white version. 100g of brown sugar contains 373 calories and same amount of granulated sure contains 396 calories.
The list below will give you detailed information on nutrition values of each type.
Nutritional Values Of Sugar
Sugar, granulated (white sugar)
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy – 1,619 kJ (387 kcal)
Carbohydrates – 99.98 g
Sugars – 99.91 g
Dietary fiber – 0 g
Fat – 0 g
Protein – 0 g
Water – 0.03 g
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) – 0.019 mg (1%)
Calcium – 1 mg (0%)
Iron – 0.01 mg (0%)
Potassium – 2 mg (0%)
Sugars, brown
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy – 1,576 kJ (377 kcal)
Carbohydrates -97.33 g
Sugars – 96.21 g
Dietary fiber – 0 g
Fat – 0 g
Protein – 0 g
Water – 1.77 g
Thiamine (Vit. B1) – 0.008 mg (1%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) – 0.007 mg (0%)
Niacin (Vit. B3) – 0.082 mg (1%)
Vitamin B6 – 0.026 mg (2%)
Folate (Vit. B9) – 1 μg (0%)
Calcium – 85 mg (9%)
Iron – 1.91 mg (15%)
Magnesium - 29 mg (8%)
Phosphorus – 22 mg (3%)
Potassium – 346 mg (7%)
Sodium – 39 mg (2%)
Zinc – 0.18 mg (2%)