Turbinado vs. Sugar in the raw?

[Smoothsmoke]

I use sweet & low in my rubs... less calories.

Do you still get bark? I've contemplated using Splenda for diet purposes, but cant live w/o my bark.

 

[jeffboyette]

Please forgive my lack of attention to detail.
"sugar in the raw" is different than raw sugar.
Sugar in the raw is turbinado, although turbinado is different than raw sugar.

Sugar in the raw is a bad name for it. Turbinado is a name describing the process of making a "form"of raw sugar.

"sugar in the raw"/Turbinado has different melting points than raw sugar, different molasses contents, different granular structure, and because of the processing different sucrose, glucose, fructose, percentages which effect the sugars tendency to attract and hold water.

My other passion is candy and fudge making.

But back to the purpose of you asking the question... the name brand "sugar in the raw" is turbinado, but don't confuse for raw sugar. Flavor profiles are similar but the complexity is different and so are many other properties as described above.

 

[Metalbender]

That is good info I ass-umed "Sugar in the raw" was just that raw sugar......

 

[jeffboyette]

Sugar in the Raw is a name brand of turbinado which is the name describing a processing technique.

Raw sugar is simply less refined unbleached cane sugar.