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To: DallasBiff

Beet sugar and cane sugar are essentially the same chemical: both are composed of around 99.9–99.95% pure sucrose (C12H22O11) and are considered chemically identical in refined form


2 posted on 07/25/2025 12:26:38 PM PDT by Oystir ( )
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To: Oystir

I don’t drink Coke much, but if I do I will drink Mexi coke in a bottle.

I love Mexi Sprite in a bottle though. I just wish I could get it for under $2 per.

Everyone seems to forget that US Coke comes with real sugar for Passover


9 posted on 07/25/2025 12:32:05 PM PDT by algore
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To: Oystir
Yep.

And a lot of places grow sugar beets as part of their crop rotation. Corn, beans, sugar beets. Helps prevent hardpan.

Make a bigger market for American sugar and you will have more people growing it.

10 posted on 07/25/2025 12:32:22 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Oystir

This is corn syrup, not cane or beet sugar. It has higher fructose. Fructose is considered unhealthy by MAHA. One theory is that is less satiating (satisfying).


38 posted on 07/25/2025 1:14:09 PM PDT by takebackaustin
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To: Oystir

Sorry, never mind, I see you were responding to the OP asking about cane sugar availibility, not the article.


40 posted on 07/25/2025 1:17:23 PM PDT by takebackaustin
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To: Oystir

Beet sugar and cane sugar are essentially the same chemical: both are composed of around 99.9–99.95% pure sucrose (C12H22O11) and are considered chemically identical in refined form


While they may be chemically the same they are not identical. Sugar from beets has fiber in it that will never dissolve. Cane sugar dissolves entirely. As a baker I always used cane sugar. Nothing worse than “gritty” frosting!


60 posted on 07/25/2025 4:45:49 PM PDT by Grammy (Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. She did everything he did....in high heels and backwards.)
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