Sugar is the second carbohydrate after starch, supplying energy with nutrition. Despite the fact that carbohydrates are slightly inferior in calories to fats and proteins, their energy component in food taken per day takes about 55%. The main value of sugar lies in its quick and easy absorption by the human body. There are several types of sugar, but which of them has the greatest sweetness?
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Types of sugar
The most famous and popular types are beet, cane, palm, malt, sorghum and maple sugar. Cane sugar is extracted from sugarcane, squeezing very sweet juice from its stems. This type of product is considered the most delicious in the world.
Sugar from beets is called beet sugar and has a taste that is almost identical to that of cane sugar. The palm variety of the product is the frozen juice of sugar palm. It has a delicate taste and a bright smell, as well as the color of dull gold.
Today, palm sugar can be purchased in soft or hard form, but it is still considered a very exotic product for residents of Russia.
Malt sugar is made from malt, which is a product of the fermentation of sprouted, dried and ground cereals and is significantly inferior in sweetness to cane and beet sugar. Sorghum variety is obtained from the stems of sugar sorghum. It is popular mainly in the East, since in other countries its production has been recognized as economically inefficient. Maple sugar is produced in the same way as when processing sugarcane. On an industrial scale, it is produced exclusively in America.