In article >,
Peter A > wrote:

> In article >,
> says...
> > > > Except that white sugar *is* bleached with chemicals:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.sucrose.com/lref.html
> > > >
> > >
> > > That site clearly indicates that no chemicals are used.
> >
> >
> > Funny. I read it myself. Chemicals are used to bleach the sugar.
> > That's what it says.
>
> The word "bleach" does not appear anywhere on that site. Go ahead, do a
> search. Your reading comprehension seems to need some work.


Seems like we're just using different definitions of the word "bleach".
This is what my dictionary says:

bleach (blTch) v. bleached bleaching bleaches v. tr. 1. To remove the
color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight. 2. To make white
or colorless. v. intr. 1. To become white or colorless. n. 1. A chemical
agent used for bleaching. 2. a. The act of bleaching. b. The degree of
bleaching obtained.



> > > It is absorption
> > > and/or exchange techniques that are used to remove the colors.
> >
> > Chemicals are used to "decolourise" the sugar. Pardon me, I guess they
> > don't "bleach it", they "decolourise" it. Please contact the folks who
> > write the dictionaries to explain that their definitions are incorrect.
> > I'm sure they would be happy to hear from you.

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Dan Abel

Petaluma, California, USA