Evaporated
cane juice such as Florida Crystals will work fine because it has the same ratio of glucose to fructose as granulated white (about 50/50).
Not exact matches
But replacing sugar with seemingly healthier, clean - sounding alternatives —
such as «evaporated
cane juice» — to make products appear healthier and more natural is misleading.
Many types of sugar are also hidden behind
such names, like «evaporated
cane juice», which may sound like some natural ingredient, but is really only sugar.
Only sugars from evaporated
cane juice can be classified as truly «raw» or unrefined sugars (of the
cane variety — sugars can come from other sources as well,
such as beets and fruit).
While the more natural sweeteners
such as raw honey, maple syrup, and dehydrated
cane sugar
juice are gentler on our body chemistry, they still contain a high concentration of these simple carbohydrates.
And opt for natural sweeteners
such as raw honey, maple syrup,
cane sugar
juice, and date sugar.
CONTAINS EGGS A few problems,
such as canola oil, corn starch, xanthun gum (Sarah Pope cautions against this),
cane juice / sugar.
Other names for sugar include high - fructose corn syrup, molasses, corn sweetener,
cane sugar, fruit
juice concentrate and words ending in «ose,»
such as sucrose and maltose.
Focus on simple, properly prepared options,
such as fresh peach slices with a dusting of Rapadura (evaporated
cane juice sugar) or berries topped with whipped cream made with a little maple syrup and arrowroot powder.
Use traditional sweeteners in moderation,
such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, date sugar, dehydrated
cane sugar
juice (sold as Rapadura) and green stevia powder.
Use natural sweeteners in moderation,
such as raw honey, maple syrup, dehydrated
cane sugar
juice and stevia powder.
In the interim, you can screen for sweeteners by checking the ingredients list for corn syrup, any word ending in «ose,»
such as dextrose, and «natural» sweeteners
such as honey, maple syrup,
cane syrup or fruit
juice concentrate.
You will see and learn how crops
such as coconut is processed into copra, cocoa (chocolate) beans into cocoa sticks and how sugar
cane juice is extracted from an 18th century sugar mill.