Brown Sugar
Level 4 — Significant concerns
Brown Sugar is a other additive listed in the FDA food-additive database.
Also: light brown sugar, dark brown sugar, turbinado, muscovado, demerara
Where you'll see it
baked goods, sauces, marinades, oatmeal, breakfast cereals labeled 'natural'
What the research says
Brown sugar is sucrose with residual or added molasses; metabolically identical to white sugar in driving liver fructose load, glycation, and insulin resistance.
[metabolical] Brown sugar is sucrose with residual or added molasses; metabolically identical to white sugar in driving liver fructose load, glycation, and insulin resistance.
Regulatory status
- Notes: From enrichment source only, not in Winter Dictionary
Sources
- Metabolical (Lustig) — Chapter 24: sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, maple syrup, honey, agave, molasses, brown sugar, turbinado, muscovado, and demerara