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Refined cane sugar is immensely wasteful of water, requiring nearly 9 gallons of water to produce one teaspoon of refined sugar.
Labeling on foods now includes the amount of added sugar, which is thought to be particularly harmful to one's health.
Labeling on foods now includes the amount of added sugar, which is thought to be particularly harmful to one's health.
Refined cane sugar is immensely wasteful of water, requiring nearly 9 gallons of water to produce one teaspoon of refined sugar.<ref>https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/summer-2015/articles/sugarcane-farming-s-toll-on-the-environment</ref>
Sugar is sweet because it consists almost entirely of sucrose (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>), which is a solid white [[disaccharide]] that alters the [[flavor]] of foods.
Sugar is sweet because it consists almost entirely of sucrose (C<sub>12</sub>H<sub>22</sub>O<sub>11</sub>), which is a solid white [[disaccharide]] that alters the [[flavor]] of foods.
[[Category:Sweeteners]]
[[Category:Sweeteners]]
[[category:Water]]