Guest guest Posted July 3, 2000 Report Share Posted July 3, 2000 " ghiradelli dark chocolate chips contain refined sugar, so they're most likely not vegan. " Is refined sugar not Vegan then? How so? ======================================= Dave Harbud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 >Message: 6 > Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:54:01 -0500 > " Colin & Jennifer McCullough " <colinjen >Re: Digest Number 127 > >I heard that white sugar is whitened using bone meal. Does anyone know >if this is true or not? > > >Yes, this is true for the most part. I am not sure if all companies that >produce white, refined sugar use the bone char method, but I know many do. >Domino is one that definitely does. Also, I'm not sure that the bone char >is used for the whitening process, I just thought it was a filtration >process (for what, I'm not sure!). Anyone know about that? >If you are looking for granulated sweetener from sugar cane, a better option >that does not use bone char, and is less refined in general, is evaporated >cane juice or organic sugar, found in the health food store. Even better >than that would be Sucanat or Rapadura (even less refined types of >granulated sugar). These are all brownish in color, but work the same and >taste better than refined white sugar. Keep in mind, there are plenty of >other kinds of sweeteners out there that are much less refined, and some >much healthier ones as well! > >hth! >Jennifer JUST WANTED TO ADD: Check out the article on sugar at VRG's website for more (and probably better!) information! http://www.vrg.org/journal/vj97mar/973sugar.htm Thanks! Jennifer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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