How is brown sugar made? What are the benefits of brown sugar for women
Four seas network: brown sugar is the most familiar partner for the majority of female compatriots. It accompanies many women to spend the painful days of their aunt. Do you know how brown sugar is made? What are the effects of brown sugar? Let's take a look at it together!
The raw material of brown sugar is sugarcane, which contains about 95% sucrose. In the ancient method, the harvested sugarcane was crushed and crushed. The juice was first removed from the soil, bacteria, fiber and other impurities, and then boiled for 5-6 hours with a small fire. The water was continuously stirred to evaporate slowly, so that the sugar concentration gradually increased. The high concentration syrup would solidify into solid lumps of coarse sugar after cooling, That is, brown sugar brick, which keeps the original nutrition of sugarcane, but also makes brown sugar with a special flavor similar to caramel. The longer the cooking time is, the darker the color of the brown sugar brick is, which makes the brown sugar present different shades of reddish brown. And our common traditional powdered brown sugar is made by grinding the brown sugar brick.
The myth of brown sugar and black sugar
People often wonder whether the current popular Japanese "black sugar" is the same thing as our traditional brown sugar? The answer is "yes". The traditional brown sugar and the current popular black sugar are made in the same way. They have the same nutritional and edible effects, so it can be said that they are the same thing. The color between the two is affected by the time of boiling syrup, and the boiling time of black sugar is longer. The sugar brick made of syrup after concentration shows a near black appearance. The difference between the two is due to the different reprocessing methods, so it is common to cut into different sizes of sugar bricks or grind them into powder.
Brown sugar is very different
No matter it is brown sugar, yellow sugar, white sugar and iced sugar, the original refining method is the same. The reason why they become different colors and shapes of sugar is that the final refining and decolorization are different. The higher the refining degree, the whiter the color and the higher the purity, but the sweetness will not be increased because of the high purity.
Among these sugars, brown sugar and yellow sugar have higher sweetness. The ingredients of brown sugar are rich in materials. Besides sweetness, it also has a unique special flavor. It is suitable for simple cooking, so it can not make the taste too complex and self defeating. For example, it is used to make black bean soup, brown sugar cake, black tea and coffee with mellow and unique sweetness. The flavor and sweetness of brown sugar are in the middle, so it is most commonly used to cook general dishes. White sugar and ice sugar have lower sweetness, but because of the high purity of sweetness, they can be used to make drinks or Western food without affecting the original taste of other materials, and they have the effect of making the texture of pastry fluffy.
A cup of brown sugar water for cramps
(Dean of Han Tang College of traditional Chinese medicine, teacher Ni Haixia, professor and doctoral supervisor of California University of traditional Chinese Medicine)
Sugar goes into the spleen, and sweet things go into the spleen, because the lower abdomen is under the control of the spleen. When we have palpitations, it has abdominal pain and cramps, which can cause severe pain and involved pain. We use sweet things, like brown sugar, to slow down the palpitation. It's like a lot of friends. If you are in the evening, such as the old gentleman and the old lady, you will have cramps in your feet every night when you sleep. Now I can tell you, before you go to bed in the evening, you take that spoon. Generally, Chinese people drink soup spoon, three tablespoons of brown sugar, artificial white sugar is not good. You must have brown sugar. Put the brown sugar in the cup and melt it in it with hot water. When it's warm, you can drink a thick cup of brown sugar water, and you can drink a cup every night to ensure that you don't have cramps all night.
Choose brown sugar for health
Sugarcane contains many kinds of essential amino acids, such as lysine, malic acid, citric acid and so on. These amino acids are essential basic substances to synthesize human protein, support metabolism and participate in human life activities, which have absolute positive effect on promoting health. The unrefined brown sugar retains more nutrients of sugarcane and is more easily digested and absorbed by human body, so it can quickly supplement physical strength and increase vitality, so it is also called "Oriental chocolate". It not only contains carbohydrates that can provide heat energy, but also contains riboflavin, carotene, niacin and trace elements manganese, zinc, zinc, etc., which are indispensable for human growth and development Chromium and other elements. In addition, the calcium content of brown sugar is 10 times that of white sugar, and the iron content is 3.6 times that of white sugar.
Look at brown sugar
With the improvement of the health concept, the humble traditional brown sugar has become a popular hot product in the market. The main reason is that it has a great help to the health of the body. According to traditional Chinese medicine, brown sugar has the effect of Invigorating Qi, nourishing blood, strengthening the spleen, warming the stomach, expelling the wind and dispelling the cold, promoting blood circulation and removing stasis. It is especially suitable for pregnant women, children and anaemic people.
The advantage of brown sugar lies in "warming and tonifying, warming and communicating, warming and dispersing", which is commonly known as warming and toning. The glucose contained in brown sugar can release energy quickly, absorb energy efficiently and replenish physical strength quickly. Children with problems such as lack of middle Qi, inappetence and malnutrition can drink proper amount of brown sugar water on weekdays. Those who suffer from cold abdominal pain and are easy to catch cold when menstruation comes can also get rid of cold with brown sugar and ginger soup. For the elderly, especially those who are recovering from serious illness, brown sugar also has an excellent therapeutic effect on deficiency and tonic. The elderly can also dissipate blood stasis and activate blood circulation by eating a proper amount of brown sugar, which is beneficial to intestines, relieve constipation, liver and eyesight.
In addition to the health preserving effect, the reason why brown sugar can penetrate half of the sky in Japan is that it contains a kind of "molasses" component, which has a strong detoxification effect. It can export excessive melanin from the dermis and discharge it out of the body through lymph tissue. In addition, it also contains carotene, riboflavin, niacin, amino acid, glucose and other components, which has strong anti-oxidation and repair effect on cells, can make subcutaneous cells grow rapidly after removing melanin, and more completely achieve the effect of preventing melanin generation and lasting whitening. These effects of beauty and health care make brown sugar become a new favorite of consumers who pursue beauty and health.
Using brown sugar as cooking material
Even though brown sugar has many health preserving effects, its essence is still sugar, and it can't jump the role of seasoning when making dishes. Brown sugar has high sweetness, unique flavor and the function of increasing color. It is very suitable for making dark tea soup or pastry, such as ginger soup and brown sugar cake. It can not only increase the aroma, make the color more attractive, but also add nutrition and health at the same time. Many families that pay attention to health have begun to use brown sugar instead of brown sugar or white sugar in general cooking. When using brown sugar instead, we should not completely replace the amount of white sugar or yellow sugar to flavor, because the sweetness of white sugar and yellow sugar is lower than that of brown sugar. If the same amount of brown sugar is added, the taste will be too sweet and the color will be too deep. We should reduce the amount of brown sugar and add the color properly 。
Health preserving brown sugar water
It's easier to absorb the nutrients in brown sugar water than eating it directly, and it's more effective in nourishing the middle and Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach, warming the stomach. Brown sugar water is the most common and practical brown sugar health drink in the early stage. Pregnant women lose a lot of blood and consume a lot of physical and energy after childbirth. Drinking some brown sugar water in the 7-10 days after childbirth can supplement energy and increase blood volume, which is beneficial to the recovery of physical strength after childbirth. It also has a significant promoting effect on the contraction and recovery of postpartum uterus, the discharge of lochia and the secretion of milk.
Brown sugar water is also helpful for women's menstruation. It can make the body warm, increase energy, activate Qi and blood, speed up blood circulation, and menstruation will be discharged smoothly. After menstruation, if you feel poor in spirit and color, you can drink a cup of brown sugar water with a concentration of about 20% before Chinese food every day. When the discomfort is serious, you can drink another cup before dinner, lasting for one week to effectively improve.
In addition to drinking, the brown sugar water can also be used for external application, which also has the effect of detoxification and moistening. Most of the older generation have experienced that children are stung by bees, the wound is red and swollen, and the pain is intolerable. At this time, the parents will take a little high concentration of brown sugar water to smear on the red and swollen place, and the pain of the children will be relieved in a short time, and the red and swollen will gradually subside. In autumn and winter, the skin is itchy because of cold and dry. It can also be washed and cleaned with brown sugar water, which can effectively reduce the feeling of dry itching.
Brown sugar water can also be boiled together with white fungus, wolfberry, red dates or red beans, which is beneficial to the effect of water conservancy and urine. During menstruation, it is helpful for the discharge of uterine waste, which can relieve the symptoms of abdominal distension and waist tightness. Black sugar can be boiled together with longan and ginger juice, which has the effect of Tonifying the middle part of the body and replenishing the blood. Taking sweet potato, brown sugar and ginger juice to boil together, not only has the effect of health preservation, but also is a special snack.
The origin of all kinds of brown sugar
Now there are all kinds of brown sugar in the market. How should we distinguish them? There are all kinds of brown sugar in the market. The brown sugar produced by the sugar factory, the brown sugar produced by the sugar factory, the brown sugar produced by the sugar factory, and the brown sugar produced by the other beneficial substances.
Now let's talk about the common kinds of brown sugar on the market!
Red granulated sugar is granulated powder brown sugar. It is brownish red or yellow brown, sweet and slightly molasses flavor, without obvious black spots. Red granulated sugar is a kind of brown sugar with honey obtained from industrial production. It is also the main brown sugar product on the market at present. How is this kind of brown sugar produced? It is made from the waste honey left by the white sugar enterprises after purifying the white sugar with sugarcane juice.
Processing brown sugar: also known as artificial brown sugar, refers to the waste honey produced in the production process of rock sugar as the raw material, which is concentrated, cooled and crushed (constantly stirred in the cooling process). It contains more reducing sugar, but has no aroma and nutrition of brown sugar. It is a kind of sugar with low nutritional value. many
It is produced by Bingtang factory. Now there are many pieces of brown sugar, borneol sugar and bowl sugar on the market. Most of them are produced by borneol factory.
Candy:
Lump sugar is a traditional brown sugar. According to the different molds used in production, it is generally divided into slice sugar, brick sugar (cube), bowl sugar, Yuanbao sugar, basket sugar, etc. The production process is sugarcane juice pressing, concentration, cooling and crystallization. (at present, the common brown sugar in the wholesale market is only a large block of brick sugar, and the other kinds of brown sugar are squeezed by the output and the price of a large number of sugar factories, which are full of sugar in the market, so it is difficult to have a foothold in the market.)
Note: it's hard to describe the difference between brown sugar and words. The brown sugar sold on the market now can only be distinguished by the naked eye. After the brown sugar is boiled successfully, the big brick brown sugar is usually put into the fixed mold in barrels. Only a little is poured in each time. After the injected brown sugar juice solidifies, it is poured in again circularly. So this kind of brown sugar has a clear sense of hierarchy and can be easily recognized by the naked eye.
Brown sugar powder:
Brown sugar powder, also known as powdered sugar, refers to the powdered brown sugar produced directly from sugarcane juice without the process of extracting white sugar. Generally, it is produced by local method. Sugarcane juice is concentrated, dried and crushed. Because it contains more water, it should not be placed for too long, and it is easy to turn water into deterioration in high temperature season. (it is also owned by the pure brown sugar powder under the extrusion of the brown sugar produced by the sugar factory