A lot has been said and written about the adverse effects of consuming white sugar on a regular basis. All this negative publicity has made it's darker cousin - brown sugar- look so much better in comparison. However, is there really a difference between the two and is brown sugar, in fact , a better alternative?
According to nutritionists, both brown sugar and white sugar are similar, nutritionally and also calorie - wise. The only difference lies in the flavour, colour and processes they both go through . Basically brown sugar is raw sugar which can be refined into white sugar.
Although both brown sugar and white sugar may have gone through slightly different processes, it doesn't mean they are different, or that one is better than the other. So even if you are adding brown sugar to your recipe, you are adding the same amount of calories that you would have added by including white sugar.