Based in Seattle, the company manufactures sodas that are made from all - natural ingredients and a low
level of cane sugar.
Not exact matches
Confidence among
sugar cane growers picked up in the quarter, in the face
of a lower Australian dollar and an expected uptick in yields and demand, but confidence remained at low
levels.
LASUCO is targeting the production
of two million tonnes
of sugar cane annually and this segment alone can produce over 4,000 jobs, while thousands
of employment ýwill be generated at the plant and at an indirect
level.
A massive expansion
of land use for
sugar cane growth in Brazil, and a subsequent increase in ethanol production with the feedstock could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector by up to 86 percent
of 2014
levels, according to research published in the October issue
of the journal Nature Climate Change.
All
sugars, regardless
of how they are labeled (i.e. white
sugar, high fructose corn syrup,
cane sugar, evaporated
cane sugar, and brown
sugar, etc), have similar effect on the body in raising blood
sugar levels causing the production
of insulin, leading to:
The chemical composition
of pure
cane sugar is the exact same as refined
sugar and is metabolized the same way refined
sugar is as they are both broken down into glucose and fructose, affecting blood
sugar levels and raising insulin
levels which comes with it's negative side effects.
For example, the amount
of cane or coconut
sugar in some popular Kombucha drinks is enough to throw off insulin
levels, which naturally leads to cravings.
I don't know if you considered the sweetness equivalency factor, i.e. how much date
sugar does it take to achieve a
level of sweetness equal to
cane sugar, or any
of the other sweeteners.For instance, if it takes 1/4 cup
of date
sugar to adequately sweeten a smoothie vs. only a teaspoon
of regular
sugar, then the comparison would have different results.
All
sugars, regardless
of how they are labeled (i.e. white
sugar, high fructose corn syrup,
cane sugar, evaporated
cane sugar, and brown
sugar, to name a few), have similar effect on the body when it comes to producing insulin and raising blood
sugar levels.
Although some foods on the list below are still simple carbohydrates that raise blood
sugar levels (honey, stevia, fruit concentrates and
sugar cane juice / Sucanat) and thus are technically still
sugar, others contain more complex
sugars that are more slowly absorbed by your body and don't throw your system out
of whack (agave, barley malt, brown rice syrup, date
sugar, maple syrup, molasses and xylitol).
The fructose
levels of coconut
sugar are only 35 % -38 % compared to approximately 50 % in
sugar cane and 70 - 97 % in agave.
I would consider
cane sugar better than agave, which although not GMO is subject to a high
level of processing similar to HFCS.