cane sugar

noun

sugar obtained from sugarcane, identical with that obtained from the sugar beet.

cane sugar

the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet See also beet sugar
another name for sucrose

First recorded in 1850–55

Best line of the evening: “Cane sugar hides behind beet sugar.”

It is less soluble in water than cane sugar, and crystallises in small round grains.

The production of cane sugar in 1899 was thirty-one thousand tons, or exactly three times the amount of that produced in 1889.

One of the commonest adulterations is the substitution of grape sugar (glucose) for cane sugar.

As the last, but using powdered sugar of milk, in lieu of cane sugar.

When the juice of these crushed beets is boiled and refined, it makes a sugar exactly like cane sugar and much cheaper.

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