The body cannot tell the difference between naturally occurring and added sugars because they are chemically the same. It is about 99.9 percent pure and sold in either granulated or powdered form. Raw Sugar consists of coarse, granulated crystals formed from the evaporation of sugar cane juice. Raw sugar contains impurities and cannot be sold in grocery stores due to FDA regulations. Brown Sugar consists of sugar crystals contained in a molasses syrup with natural flavor and color.
Some refiners make brown sugar by adding syrup to refined white sugar.
Turbinado Sugar is raw sugar that goes through a refining process to remove impurities and most of the molasses. Invert Sugar is a mixture of glucose and fructose. Invert sugar is formed by splitting sucrose in a process called inversion. This sugar prevents crystallization of cane sugar in candy making. Confectioner's Sugar, or Powdered Sugar, consists of finely ground sucrose crystals mixed with a small amount of corn starch.