A guide to choosing the best sugars, syrups, and sweeteners for you
A guide to choosing the best sugars, syrups, and sweeteners for you

YOUR SWEETENER BUYING GUIDE
By Adriane Campos
CALORIC SWEETENERS
On my quest to discover all caloric sweeteners on store shelves across the United States, I found almost 100 types of products and list them here

TYPES OF REFINED SUGAR
From Cane or Beet
Molasses are from Cane Only
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Granulated sugar (table sugar)
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Fine granulated sugar
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Extra fine granulated
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Superfine sugar (quick dissolve sugar)
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Ultrafine sugar (baker’s special, baker’s, or caster)
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Powdered sugar (confectioners sugar) +3% starch
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Fondant sugar (icing or frosting sugar) +3% starch
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Sparkling sugar
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Sanding sugar
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Light (golden) brown sugar
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Dark brown sugar
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Pourable brown sugar (Brownulated)
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White sugar cubes, tablets, gourmet sugars
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Rock sugar (sugar swizzle stick, sugar crystal)
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Brown rock sugar (sugar swizzle stick, sugar crystal)
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Simple syrup
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Invert syrup (medium invert, golden syrup)
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Full invert syrup
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Light molasses (mild molasses, Barbados molasses)
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Dark molasses (full molasses, medium molasses)
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Blackstrap molasses








































TYPES OF RAW SUGAR
All from Cane
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Washed or turbinado sugar, evaporated (dehydrated, dried) cane juice | Medium size crystals
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Demerara or turbinado sugar, evaporated (dehydrated, dried) cane juice | Coarse crystals
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Organic sugar
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Organic powdered sugar
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Organic light brown sugar
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Organic dark brown sugar
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Demerara or raw sugar cubes
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Raw cane syrup (organic cane or invert syrup)
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Organic molasses















TYPES OF UNREFINED SUGAR
All from Cane
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Whole cane sugar
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Sucanat
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Light muscovado sugar
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Dark muscovado sugar
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Jaggery
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Ground Jaggery
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Piloncillo
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Panela
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Ground Panela
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Okinawa Kokuto
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Traditional Cane Syrup
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Traditional (open kettle, home style) molasses