White granulated sugar and rock sugar usually differ in production, appearance and usage.
1. Production: white granulated sugar is sugar cane as raw material, sugar juice extraction, purification, boiling and crystallization and honey and other processes. Rock sugar is based on white granulated sugar, dissolved in water, purified and processed and then separated and crystallized, so as to obtain large particles of rock sugar.
2. Appearance: the appearance of white granulated sugar is similar to that of sand, and the form is relatively uniform. Icing sugar is generally divided into white icing sugar and yellow icing sugar, white icing sugar belongs to a single crystal icing sugar, the shape of the regular white translucent, the size of the difference is not big. Yellow rock sugar belongs to polycrystalline rock sugar, yellowish color, irregular shape, size difference.
3. Usage: white sugar is usually used for flavoring, baking pastry, brewing cold drinks, is a common sweetener. Rock sugar can be eaten directly, can also be brewed with warm water into icing sugar water, but also with pears, kumquats, silver fungus and other ingredients to cook.
Whether it is white granulated sugar or rock sugar, containing 99.9% sugar, diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, fatty liver and other patients are not recommended to consume, the healthy people in their lives should also pay attention to moderation, no more than 25g per day is appropriate.