The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports disappearance, not consumption, figures for sweeteners. That adds up to a total nutritive sweetener usage of about 153 pounds per capita. As disappearance data, these numbers do not account for waste, sugars used up in fermentation as in bread baking, or use in pet foods. Back to the Index 7. Raw sugar is a tan to brown, coarse granulated solid obtained on evaporation of clarified sugar cane juice.
Raw sugar is processed from the cane at a sugar mill and then shipped to a refinery.
Raw sugar is not sold to consumers. Back to the Index 8. Brown sugar consists of sugar crystals contained in a molasses syrup with natural flavor and color components. Many sugar refiners produce brown sugar by preparing and boiling a special syrup containing these components until brown sugar crystals form. Other refiners produce brown sugar by blending a special molasses syrup with white sugar crystals.