The Sugar List

GI: 64

GI: 43

Sugar cane is a perennial grass that grows in tropical areas. When listed as an ingredient it is the equivalent of refined sugar with no nutritional value.

GI: 64

Sucrose is refined white sugar with no nutritional value.

GI: 64

Saccharose is a technical name for sugar.

GI: 65

Raw sugar, turbinado sugar and sucanat are all the same. This sugar is the result of the first step in processing sugar cane into refined sugar. It maintains some of the molasses which accounts for its color. It has no nutritional value.

GI: 60

Invert sugar is created by processing equal parts of glucose and fructose. The end result is a liquid that does not crystalize as easily as sucrose with the results being a smoother textured baked good. It adds to the shelf-life and has not nutritional value.

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GI: 55

Evaporated cane juice, or just 'cane juice', is basically refined white sugar but has a little more molasses in it which adds the brown coloring. Refined white sugar goes through one more process to make it white. It has a small amount of nutritional value compared to white sugar but not enough to say it has nutritional value. Pure Organic Cane Syrup is another thing entirely. This would be the actual juice from the sugar cane stalk, which is a grass. It is only 15% sugar and is full of calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium, zinc, Vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B3, B5, & B6. Because it's a plant it has a high concentration of phytonutrients, antioxidants, proteins and soluble fiber. This is not a product that is cooked with in the United States.

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GI: 96

Confectioner’s Sugar (powdered sugar) is refined white sugar that has been ground into a powder. It has not nutritional value.

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Also known as "cane juice crystals".

GI: 64

Brown Sugar is refined white sugar with molasses added. It has no nutritional value.

GI: 98

Beet sugar is exactly the same as refined white sugar. Refined sugar is made from beets or sugar cane. It has no nutritional value.