Organic Sugar

Sugar

  • Added Sugar

Definition

A sweet crystallizable material that consists wholly or essentially of sucrose. Sugar is colorless or white when pure and more brown when less refined. It is obtained commercially from sugarcane or sugar beet and less extensively from sorghum, maples, and palms.

Also Known As

Organic cane sugar, Organic beet sugar, Organic white sugar, Sugar*, Cane Sugar*, Beet Sugar*, White Sugar*, ORGANIC DRIED CANE (SUGAR), Cane Sugar (organic), ORGANIC DRIED CANE SYRUP, ORGANIC DRIED CANE SYRUP (SUGAR)

Health Impact

Excessive added sugar intake is associated with adverse health conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory diseases. Excessive sugar consumption may trigger neuroadaptations in the brain that decouple eating behavior from caloric needs and leads to compulsive overeating. The American Heart Association suggests an added-sugar limit of no more than 24 grams of sugar for most women and no more than 36 grams of sugar for most men each day.

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