cane sugar

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noun

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

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Origin of cane sugar

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby cane sugar

cane piece, caner, cane rat, cane reed, canescent, cane sugar, Canes Venatici, cane toad, Canetti, caneware, canework

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How to use cane sugar in a sentence

Look beyond the “no high fructose corn syrup” claims for other sources of added sugars, such as cane sugar or honey.
Myths vs. facts about nutrition and bread|Jennifer Cook|October 18, 2021|Washington Post
Retracing his steps, Fahlberg tasted all the compounds he and Remsen had worked with in the lab that particular day and found that, when combined, the mixture of substances produced a flavor he described as “even sweeter than cane sugar.”
Accidental Genius: 10 Surprising Inventions|Emma Foster|July 30, 2021|Ozy
Our pitch is we make sugars from fiber so you don’t need to use cane sugar.
Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?|Jonathan Shieber|February 26, 2021|TechCrunch
The discovery that these sugars work well and can replace cane sugar.
Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?|Jonathan Shieber|February 26, 2021|TechCrunch

Best line of the evening: “Cane sugar hides behind beet sugar.”
Republican Debate: Newt’s Curiously Bloodless Performance||January 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is less soluble in water than cane sugar, and crystallises in small round grains.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The production of cane sugar in 1899 was thirty-one thousand tons, or exactly three times the amount of that produced in 1889.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
One of the commonest adulterations is the substitution of grape sugar (glucose) for cane sugar.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
As the last, but using powdered sugar of milk, in lieu of cane sugar.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
When the juice of these crushed beets is boiled and refined, it makes a sugar exactly like cane sugar and much cheaper.
Stories of California|Ella M. Sexton

British Dictionary definitions for cane sugar

cane sugar

noun

the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beetSee also beet sugar

another name for sucrose

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