On Food and Cooking

Brown   Sugars

SucroseSoft85–93

SucroseCoated90–96

Glucose +   FructoseSoft1.5–4.5

Glucose +   FructoseCoated2–5

Other   Organic MaterialSoft2–4.5

Other   Organic MaterialCoated1–3

MineralsSoft1–2

MineralsCoated0.3–1

WaterSoft2–3.5

WaterCoated1–2.5

Whole Sugars It’s still possible to taste what
might be called whole sugar, crystalline sugar
still enveloped in the cooked cane juice from
which it formed. This is the sugar sold in
Indian groceries as jaggery or gur, and in
Latin American shops as piloncillo, papelon,
or panela. The flavor is highly variable, and