Processed

Cane Sugar

Cane sugar is refined or partly refined sucrose from sugarcane, the everyday sweetener of baking, preserving, drinks, and savoury glazes. Crystal size and residual molasses define styles from fine caster and icing sugar to demerara, muscovado, and soft brown sugars. Unlike fruit sugars or honey, cane sugar is a dry pantry staple that creams with butter, caramelises cleanly, and measures predictably in recipes. Beet sugar is chemically similar but this entry covers cane-origin culinary sugars.

Also known as: Cane / Gur styles

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

Cuts & parts

Crystal

Powder

Soft

Breeds & varieties

A sample of named types with their own origin and culinary profiles. Showing 10 of 16.

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Soft Brown

Icing

Granulated White

Turbinado

Pearl Sugar

Demerara

Superfine

Jaggery Style Cane

Caster

Raw Cane

View all 16 breeds & varieties

Characteristics

Preparations

CaramelisedCoarseCrystalFineGroundPowderSyrupToastedWhole

Provenance

Fair TradeLocally GrownNon-GMOOrganicRegenerativeSeasonalSingle Origin

Sources

Indoor FarmedOutdoor FarmedPlantation

Traits

CaramelCleanCoarseCrispFineMolassesSweet

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 360

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 1.07 g
Saturated Fat 0.49 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.19 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 18.5 mg
Salt 0.05 g
Total Carbohydrate 95.9 g
Dietary Fibre 0 g
Total Sugars 90.3 g
Complex / starch 1.92 g
Protein 1.94 g
Water 5.22 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 360 kcal
Water 5.22 g
Carbohydrates 95.9 g
- Sugars 90.3 g
  - Monosaccharides 63.2 g
  - Disaccharides 27.1 g
- Starch 1.92 g
  - Amylose 0.48 g
  - Amylopectin 1.44 g
  - Digestible Starch 1.63 g
  - Resistant Starch 0.19 g
Protein 1.94 g
Fat 1.07 g
- Saturated Fat 0.49 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.19 g
  - Omega-3 0.02 g
  - Omega-6 0.1 g
Vitamins 25.4 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.01 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.12 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 2.3 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.11 mg
- Vitamin K 0.6 µg
Minerals 277 mg
- Major Minerals 270 mg
  - Calcium 36 mg
  - Sodium 18.5 mg
  - Potassium 216 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.5 mg
  - Iron 1.1 mg
  - Zinc 0.4 mg
  - Iodine 5 µg
Salt 0.05 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.05 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.01 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.02 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.12 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.06 · vitamin-b6: 0.02 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 2.3 · vitamin-e: 0.11 · vitamin-k: 0.6 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 18.45 · Potassium: 216 · Calcium: 36 · Iron: 1.1 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·

Refined processed sweeteners and additives are energy-dense carbohydrate with little else.

In the kitchen

Culinary partners and combinations that usually underperform with Cane Sugar.

Pairs well with

Classic and complementary matches

Usually avoid with

Often clash in flavour or tradition

Grading systems

Grades are placed along a shared scale so systems can be compared side by side.

Global

ICUMSA

Raw Low Pol ICUMSA 600–1200 Raw VHP / VVHP ICUMSA 100–150 ICUMSA 45

United States

Retail Style

Dark Brown Light Brown Demerara / Turbinado Extra Fine Granulated Caster / Superfine

History

500 BCEIN

Sugarcane cultivation and early sugar refining developed in South Asia.

700

Sugar-making techniques spread through the Islamic world into the Mediterranean.

1500

Colonial sugarcane plantations in the Caribbean and Americas industrialised global cane sugar supply.

1800GB

Refined white cane sugar and specialised baking sugars became mass-market pantry staples.