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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (George Sicherman)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: what is brown sugar?
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Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 16:05:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 16:05:38 1985
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> In article <1833@drutx.UUCP> eac@drutx.UUCP (CveticEA) writes:
> >Don't assume that you aren't eating white sugar when you use brown sugar
> >instead--brown sugar is white sugar mixed with molasses.
> 
> This is not true.  White sugar is made with more refinement then brown
> sugar,  or perhaps more correctly by removing the molasses from the
> brown sugar.

I believe that federal law prohibits transporting unrefined or partially
refined sugar across state lines.  Thus, unless you live in Louisiana,
your brown sugar is almost certainly made by mixing white sugar with
molasses.

The purpose of the law is to protect the U.S. sugar refining industry.

Can anybody confirm this information?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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