"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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>i came across these paragraphs in a recent *straight dope* discussion on
> whether beet sugar contains hydrogen cyanide:
>
> Now: what's the difference between cane sugar and beet sugar? A perfectly
> accurate answer is "not much" ¡X table sugar is 99.95 percent or more pure
> sucrose, which is chemically the same whether it comes from cane or beets.
> However, since commercial advantage is at stake, you do get people arguing
> about the significance of the .05 percent.

No personal experience. I've only ever used cane, but, I knew a woman in
Arizona that despised the beet sugar. She said it did not taste the same or
bake the same. I always wondered if there was a difference or if it was in
her head.