Beet sugar molasses is fed to dairy cows and cattle. The syrup is added to their food to make it taste sweeter. The molasses syrup which is consumed by humans has not gone through any bone char or carbon filter. Any molasses which has gone through the char is used in animal feed or for fermentation purposes. Molasses companies often buy their initial product from sugar refineries and then further refine the syrup.
Brown sugar is basically refined sugar with added molasses.
The brown sugar produced by the beet industry uses cane molasses, but this molasses has not gone through the bone char. Maple syrup Maple syrup is another sweetener which may sometimes be a concern to vegans. The process of making maple syrup requires an agent to reduce the foam on the syrup by adding a small amount of fat to the liquid. The traditional process of reducing the foam in maple syrup has included the use of lard. Previously, local producers would hang pork fat over a tub of maple syrup and let drops of fat drip into the syrup.