Sugar - what is it?

[terambulan]

Supermarkets sell standard white sugar which does not say it is 'Cane' sugar (from sugar cane plant). I find this sugar diorhetic (moves bowels)!

1. What is it made of?

2. Do u have same?

[scanner]

It is made from Sugar Beet usually in this Country....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_beet

2 ...Haven't noticed any unusual "movement"

[Lakitu]

Yes terambulan, I find myself more friendly with the loo when I've eaten sugar too.

I figured it was because I rarely eat sweet thins, or add sugar to anything, so when I do, my body reacts to it in that way.

[terambulan]

It is was Beet y not say so?

Would it be sucrose:

http://www.naturalnews.com/023366.html

Says it causes pancreatic cancer!

[scanner]

From the article ....."Fructose is a sugar that naturally occurs in fruits, while sucrose is usually extracted from sugar cane or sugar beets".

The packets sometimes have ( I think it is Silver Spoon as Tate and Lyle usually says cane sugar) a description of where it comes from and how it is made from Beet ,saying how good it is on Carbon Footprint /Food Miles etc etc because it is "Local Uk " rather than from abroad .