Post #330931 by DJ HawaiianShirt on Fri, Sep 7, 2007 8:13 AM

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the term "cane sugar" has a broader definition that you may be thinking.

I'm a big beverage enthusiast, and so my familiarity with cane sugar is defined in terms of what it is not. The way I understand it, cane sugar is simply any kind of sugar that is processed from sugarcane. Some sodas, for example, use cane sugar, however most use high fructose corn syrup for sweetener, a result of US tariff laws on Caribbean sugar and subsidies to US corn farmers. Some sodas are also sweetened with sucrose, which is basically refined sugar that can either be from sugarcane or sugar beets.

But yes, turbinado sugar is from sugarcane, and technically, I suppose any kind of molasses can also be considered as such.

So anyway, cane sugar is really just any sort of sugar(processed to any extent, whether it's molasses, turbinado, or pure sucrose) that is derived from sugarcane, as opposed to sugar beets, or any other fructose sugar from any other kind of plant.