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Why is demerara sugar more expensive than white sugar?

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Demerara is a light brown, partially refined, sugar produced from the first crystallization during processing cane juice into sugar crystals (this process is similar to what happens with naturally evaporated cane juice). read more

An additional production stage, using sugar cane syrup, is required in order to produce brown sugar.Actually,Brown sugar is refined white sugar with a molasses syrup mixed in, then dried again.This additional process makes the product more expensive than white sugar. read more

This is unlike sugars like muscovado sugar, another partially refined sugar, where standards in traditional manufacturing centers limit the ash to under 3 percent. In other words, the ash content in demerara sugar is much lower than some other alternatives to white sugar. read more

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