On Fri 24 Apr 2009 12:02:00p, Edwin Pawlowski told us...

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> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>>i came across these paragraphs in a recent *straight dope* discussion on
>> whether beet sugar contains hydrogen cyanide:
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>> 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.
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> 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.

I've used beet sugar when cane sugar was oddly "missing" on the shelves.
Didn't really notice any difference, but I still try to buy cane sugar.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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The woman just ahead of you at the supermarket checkout has all the
delectable groceries you didn't even know they carried. ~Mignon
McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966