compassionategirl Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 title is self explanatory. AN answer asap would be most appreciated. Nat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sknydpr Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 Just Googled it. God, I love Google. From I saw: mostly no, since most brown sugar is simply white sugar with molasses added in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 6, 2005 Author Share Posted July 6, 2005 Thanks skinny!!!!!! But wait a minute...I thought white sugar wasn't vegan? Okay now I am confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sknydpr Posted July 6, 2005 Share Posted July 6, 2005 It's not, that's the point. Brown sugar is not vegan because it's just white sugar (not vegan) with molasses in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 Oops, now I see that I misread your previous post. What is a good vegan sweetner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
savebabe Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Try Stevia which is a very sweet herbal extract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 7, 2005 Author Share Posted July 7, 2005 Thanks savebabe! But I checked a few place today and couldn't find this product. WHat else do you use when you want to bake and need a sugar substitute? Are artificial sweetners vegan any other suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 title is self explanatory. AN answer asap would be most appreciated. NatDo they have Rogers brand sugar in your city? If so you'll be happy to know that it is 100% vegan. A friend of mine called the company when he was making brownies and they told him that they don't use any animal bones when they process their sugar. I'm not sure about other brands though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 title is self explanatory. AN answer asap would be most appreciated. NatDo they have Rogers brand sugar in your city? If so you'll be happy to know that it is 100% vegan. A friend of mine called the company when he was making brownies and they told him that they don't use any animal bones when they process their sugar. I'm not sure about other brands though. great! Thanks Taylor! We are both Canadian, so where do you buy this product from? let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sknydpr Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 You can't be a real Canadian, I haven't seen you end a sentence with "eh?" even once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 You can't be a real Canadian, I haven't seen you end a sentence with "eh?" even once. I actually say it so much in speech, it would drive an American crazy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sknydpr Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 Now that's what I'm talking aboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FormicaLinoleum Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 How about raw (aka turbinado) sugar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted July 8, 2005 Share Posted July 8, 2005 great! Thanks Taylor! We are both Canadian, so where do you buy this product from? let me know. Well here in western Canada you can buy the stuff in every grocery store, it's the most common brand of sugar around these parts. I'm not sure if the stuff's sold in Ontario or not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compassionategirl Posted July 8, 2005 Author Share Posted July 8, 2005 Thanks Savebabe, Formica, Taylor and Dan (and everybody else if I missed anybody) who helped me out on this one. I am attempting to bake a vegan cake myself for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighead Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 Florida Crystals brand Evaporated Cane Juice is non-bone char. A majority of evaporated cane juice will be this way. Also, Agave works really damn well for baking and as a substitute for any recipe calling for honey. Agave is great on the glycemic index too. I agree with an earlier post that Stevia is good, but it tends to be expensive. And I've found that it doesn't bake all that well for my standards. There are a lot of sugar alcohols that are vegan and great sugar substitutes. They are a class called polyols.http://www.caloriecontrol.org/redcal.html http://abouterythritol.homestead.com/http://www.netrition.com/lowcarbsuccess_erythritol_page.html Those have have good info on them. There is a laxation limit on per day intake for most of these. Polyols are what diabetics eat instead of sugar. But in other countries, Japan for instance, where they are very conscious of the glycemic index, they use these all the time. The best one is Erythritol. I think it's the best because it has virtually no laxation effect. It is completely absorbed by the small intestine and you pee it out, so it really has no effect on your caloric intake at all. The FDA says it has up to 0.2 calories per gram. It and Xylitol taste the best. They all work well for cooking, especially Erythritol and Maltitol. Maltitol can replace the sugar and some fat in baking recipes, but it has a slight aftertaste. Turbinado is sometimes vegan. Google it and find the ones that are vegan. Date sugar is amazing for baking. Real Food Daily, a famous vegan restaurant in LA bakes with date and maple sugars. There are companies that make vegan Brown Sugar. Hain may have a non-bone char brown sugar. But you'll have to check their site yourself. There are loads of other vegan sweeteners. But I'm tired of typing now. I hope this helps. PM me if you want any other vegan sweets and baking tips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 strange that you still have bone char in your sugar. i know that some of the smaller manufacturers still occasionally use it but the main one (tate and lyle) has been bone free for ages. jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bighead Posted August 2, 2005 Share Posted August 2, 2005 i don't have bone char in my sugar. i guess you mean here in the US? that is because we use cane so much more. if you're in europe, then you use sugar beets more and those almost never use bone char. i guess that's what you meant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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