1.White Sugar (Cheeni)
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double sugars, are molecules made of two bonded monosaccharides; common examples are sucrose, lactose, and maltose. White sugar is a refined form of sucrose. In the body, compound sugars are hydrolysed into simple sugars.
2.Brown Sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white sugar.
3.Ayurvedic Sugar | Gur Shakkar
Ayurvedic Sugar (Gur Shakkar) is made from juice of sugarcane which is then boiled until it solidifies, rich in minerals such as magnesium, zinc and iron, which have many health giving properties. A great blood purifier, helps alleviate digestive issues, helps with the detoxification of the liver and boosts energy levels.
4.Muscovado sugar | Khand
Khand is natural granulated sugar with honey like taste. It is a source of whole food that provides necessary vitamins and fibers. Khand provides a lot of energy that helps in maintaining the body stamina.
5.Jaggery
It is a concentrated product of cane juice, wherein the molasses and crystals are not separated. It can vary in colour from golden brown to dark brown in colour. It contains up to 50% sucrose, up to 20% invert sugars, moisture content of up to 20%, and the remainder is made up of other insoluble matter such as ash, proteins and bagasse fibres.
6.Demerara sweet | Bura
Bura sugar is the least refined or processed form of sugar or sugarcane juice. Comparatively, jaggery vs sugar, it’s the closest form of natural sugar. The sugarcane juice extracted from the pressed sugarcane, is left to boil. The heat allows the water or moisture to evaporate from the juice
