Can Lower-Sugar Halloween Candy Still Taste Good?
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Cane Sugar 1 article
Produced from sugarcane, cane sugar is sucrose sold in familiar forms such as granulated crystals or syrups. In recipes and packaged foods it contributes both sweetness and physical solids, influencing browning, caramelization, fermentation and texture in ways high-intensity sweeteners do not. It counts as added sugar when incorporated into foods or beverages under U.S. Nutrition Facts rules. The label term identifies the source of the sucrose, but nutritionally it remains a conventional caloric sugar rather than a specialty alternative sweetener.