From candy and baked goods to sodas and ice cream, Americans love their sweets. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease ...

This can make it tricky to distinguish sugar cane molasses from other products, like the subtly different flavor of sorghum or the more distinct pomegranate molasses. So, when buying in a pinch ...

Cane sugar is less refined than granulated sugar — its individual sugar crystals are larger — and it has a slight molasses flavor. Cane sugar’s more pronounced texture can give baked goods ...

Photo Credit: Monty Rakusen / Getty Images Many people believe that sweeteners like honey, brown sugar, or molasses are healthier than cane sugar. But that’s not true. While some contain tiny ...

Molasses is a thick syrup that people use as a sweetener. It is a byproduct of the sugar-making process, and it comes from crushed sugar cane or sugar beets. First, manufacturers crush sugar cane ...

Molasses, on the other hand, was brought to the U.S. from the Caribbean, the epicenter of the sugar cane industry, to be used in rum production. Up until the 19th century, molasses was even more ...

Grinding season began this week for Lafourche Sugars, and it’s a race to turn 1 million tons of cane into sweet crystals. The mill started up Monday Oct. 7, and for the next 100 days, Lafourche ...

Brown sugar is a natural sweetener that comes from processing sugar beets or sugar cane plants. Most commercially produced brown sugar is made by mixing white sugar with molasses, giving it a ...