[Sca-cooks] Evaporated Cane Juice

[Tom Vincent]

I don't know if there's anything to do for those who 'are not thinking 
clearly', but there are other 'sugar' names to be aware of (not that 
I've seen SCAdians avoiding sugar in any great numbers or volume):  
Fructose, sucrose, glucose, galactose, maltose, lactose, mannose.

Duriel
neither a yutz nor a troll

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> This ingredients - Evaporated Cane Juice - is now appearing in many 
> "health"-oriented and up-scale products.
>
> Yeah, sure, it's sugar...
> BUT...
> when you buy generic sugar in the USA it is often partly or 
> completely beet sugar. But this is cane sugar.
>
> Using this labelling leads to four things that i can think of, one of 
> which is a benefit, and the other three purely for marketing purposes:
> 1.) makes it clear that it's cane, not beet or corn (good)
> 2.) makes it sound like a cooler foofier ingredient than it really is
> 3.) avoids saying sugar, which i guess some people think is a "bad word"
> 4.) might fool some people who aren't thinking clearly that it's not 
> a sweetener .
>
> First, i'm actually somewhat heartened, because now when i buy some 
> of these products i know they contain cane sugar and not beet or corn 
> sweetener.
>
> Second, i'm also somewhat disturbed, because while making it clearer 
> what is in the product, it also somewhat obscures the fact that this 
> is a sweetener to those who are not thinking clearly.
>   

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