First, unlike brown sugar where molasses is simply added back to sugar for color, the molasses and sugar are kept together from the beginning of the process. This creates a dry sweetener product with the vitamins, minerals and trace elements of the sugar cane plant and a lower sucrose level than refined white and brown sugar. Second, the crystals that are formed are actually bonded naturally, forming a granule that is easier to blend with the other ingredients and creates a smoother texture in baked goods. Unrefined sugar Unrefined sugar is made from sugar cane juice that is released by pressing sugar cane stalks. Honey Honey is a sweet, viscous fluid made by honeybees from the nectar of flowering plants.
Flavors vary depending upon the plant source from which the nectar is derived.
The worker bee transforms the sucrose of nectar into the simple sugars fructose and glucose. Raw honey reportedly has medicinal benefits and contains enzymes and small amounts of minerals and B-complex vitamins. Honey can be purchased in liquid and granular forms. Molasses Blackstrap molasses is the final product produced in the sugar-making process. Barbados molasses is another type of molasses, but unlike blackstrap molasses, it is one of the first products produced in the sugar-making process.