I have been seeing a lot of brown rice syrup and evaporated cane juice used in "natural" products and am wondering what you can tell me about these sweeteners. How do they compare to honey, sucanat, and agave nectar? Are they really just a small step up from white refined sugar? Thanks!
Sucanat, or molasses granules, is the same thing as evaporated cane juice. It has been minimally processed. In general, you can assume it still contains natural minerals. I do not know very much about brown rice syrup, except that it goes through a heating process to make it. Turbinado sugar, or "Sugar in the Raw" is just a baby step away from refined white sugar. The best sweetener is raw honey, which has not been refined.
