People often wonder whether the popular "brown sugar" in Japan is the same as our traditional brown sugar. The answer is yes. Traditional brown sugar is the same as all kinds of popular brown sugar, and its nutrition and edible effect are the same, which can be said to be the same thing.
The color between them is deeply influenced by the time of boiling syrup. Brown sugar takes a long time to boil, and the sugar brick made of concentrated syrup presents an almost black appearance. As for the difference in shape and thickness between the two, it is caused by the different ways of reprocessing, so it is common to cut the sugar blocks into pieces of different sizes or grind the sugar powder into powder.
Whether it is brown sugar, yellow sugar, white sugar or rock sugar, the initial refining method is the same. The reason why it becomes different colors and forms of sugar is because the degree of final refining and decoloration is different. The higher the degree of refinement, the whiter the color and the higher the purity, but the sweetness will not increase because of the high purity.
Among these sugars, brown sugar and yellow sugar have higher sweetness. Brown sugar is rich in substances, besides sweetness, it also has a unique special flavor, which is suitable for simple cooking, so as not to make the taste too complicated and self-defeating. For example, it is used to make red bean soup, brown sugar cake, black tea and coffee, and its sweetness is mellow and unique. Yellow sugar is in the middle of flavor and sweetness, and is most commonly used to make ordinary dishes. Sugar and rock candy have low sweetness, but because of their high sweetness purity, they can be used to prepare drinks or make western-style cakes without affecting the original flavor of other materials, and have the function of making cakes fluffy.
The special function of brown sugar mainly benefits from its natural ingredients. According to 20 years of in-depth research by dermatologists at Saite Skin Research Center in Hong Kong, brown sugar contains a large number of nutrients that have a unique effect on skin health and nutrition:
1. Brown sugar contains monosaccharide and polysaccharide energy substances such as glucose and fructose, which can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells.
2. Folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate hematopoietic function, expand blood volume and improve nutrition, oxygen and water supply of local skin.
3. Some vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can balance water-liquid metabolism in the intracellular environment, eliminate cellular metabolites and keep the internal and external environment clean by adjusting the concentration of certain substances between tissues.
4. Various vitamins and antioxidants contained in brown sugar can resist free radicals, rebuild and protect the cell infrastructure, and maintain the normal function and metabolism of cells.
5. The amino acids, cellulose and other substances contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fiber structure and water-locking ability of epidermis and dermis, strengthen the skin tissue structure and skin elasticity, supplement skin nutrition and promote cell regeneration.
6. Some natural acids and pigment regulating substances contained in brown sugar can effectively regulate various pigment metabolism processes, balance pigment secretion and pigment distribution in the skin, and reduce abnormal accumulation of local pigments.
[Edit this paragraph] Nutritional components
Sugarcane contains many essential amino acids, such as lysine, citric acid, etc. It is an indispensable basic substance for synthesizing protein, supporting metabolism and participating in human life activities, and has an absolutely positive effect on promoting health. Unrefined brown sugar retains more nutrients in sugarcane, which is easier to be digested and absorbed by human body, so it can quickly replenish physical strength and increase vitality, so it is also called "chocolate of the East". It not only contains carbohydrates that can provide heat energy, but also contains malic acid, riboflavin, carotene, nicotinic acid, manganese, zinc, chromium and other indispensable trace elements for human growth and development. According to analysis, every100g of brown sugar contains 90 mg of calcium, which is three times that of white sugar. It contains 4 mg of iron, which is three times that of white sugar.
[Edit this paragraph] Healthy brown sugar
Brief introduction of health brown sugar
It is a new trend of brown sugar development to add some foods with health care function on the basis of traditional brown sugar, thus becoming brown sugar with health care properties. This kind of products first appeared in Japan, and ginseng, notoginseng and other Chinese herbal medicines were often added. Through the reasonable compatibility with brown sugar, the health care efficacy of brown sugar is increased and it becomes a new generation of health care brown sugar. In recent years, health care brown sugar fever has also emerged in the domestic market. However, due to the strict restrictions on the food industry in China's laws, ordinary Chinese herbal medicines are not allowed to be added to food, and can only be added according to the contents of the Catalogue of Medicinal and Edible Homologous Articles Available in Food issued by the Ministry of Health, which has affected the development of healthy brown sugar in China to some extent.
All kinds of healthy brown sugar
At present, the common varieties of health brown sugar in the market mainly include "ginger juice brown sugar" (mainly adding ginger (ginger powder, ginger juice, and sometimes scallion)) and "mothering brown sugar" (mainly adding red dates and pepper (motherwort as a Chinese herbal medicine is not allowed to be added to food according to national regulations, so mothering brown sugar does not contain motherwort components) and "mother brown sugar" (mainly adding donkey-hide gelatin and pepper).
Production of healthy brown sugar
As a new type of brown sugar, domestic manufacturers mainly adopt two production processes (1). One is the modern industrial production method: brown sugar and auxiliary materials (different health brown sugar will add different auxiliary materials, such as ginger powder, onion powder, pepper powder, jujube powder, gelatin powder, rose powder and so on. ) are physically mixed according to a certain proportion (it is better to cook in a pot when eating because it has not been treated at high temperature). (2) Modern industrial production method 2: Add auxiliary materials directly in the process of brown sugar boiling, and boil with brown sugar at high temperature (generally up to 125 degrees). Due to the complexity of this process and high equipment investment, only a few domestic enterprises (such as Shanghai Pushilian (brand "Nursing Hall") adopt this method for production.
Laws and regulations of health brown sugar
In order to standardize the quality standard of healthy brown sugar, ensure the food hygiene of consumers, and stabilize and improve the overall quality of healthy brown sugar products, China will formulate the industry standard of healthy brown sugar for the first time. The standard is compiled by the National Sugarcane Sugar Standardization Center, which will fill the gap of functional nutritious sugar in China.
The standard will put forward unified quality requirements for sensory indicators, physical and chemical indicators and hygiene indicators of various "health brown sugar" products sold in the market. The standard-setting work plan is completed in 2009.
Healthy brown sugar is suitable for people.
Name: ginger juice brown sugar effect: dispel cold, warm stomach and relieve abdominal pain. Suitable for people: suitable for all people except diabetics.
Name: Muyi Brown Sugar Efficacy: Enriching blood, benefiting qi and relieving abdominal pain Suitable for people: adult women (girls can drink it after menarche)
Name: Special brown sugar for parturient Efficacy: Relieve postpartum abdominal pain and promote lochia discharge. Suitable for people: parturient.
Name: Rose Brown Sugar Efficacy: Promoting blood circulation, regulating qi and relieving depression. Suitable crowd: adult women (including girls)
Name: Colla Corii Asini Brown Sugar Efficacy: Nourishing blood, dispelling wind and moistening dryness is suitable for people: suitable for all people except children and diabetics.
[Edit this paragraph] Health care efficacy
With the improvement of health concept, the humble traditional brown sugar has got rid of the old image and become a popular hot commodity in the market. The main reason is that it is very helpful to health. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar has the effects of invigorating qi and nourishing blood, invigorating spleen and warming stomach, expelling wind and cold, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is especially suitable for pregnant women, children and anemic people.
The advantage of brown sugar lies in "warming, warming and dispersing", which is what we commonly call warming. The glucose contained in brown sugar has the advantages of quick energy release, high absorption and utilization rate, and can quickly replenish physical strength. Children with qi deficiency, loss of appetite, malnutrition and other problems can drink brown sugar water in moderation on weekdays. People who suffer from cold and abdominal pain and are prone to catch a cold during menstruation can also use brown sugar and ginger soup to dispel the cold. For the frail elderly, especially those who have recovered from a serious illness, brown sugar also has an excellent nourishing effect. Eating brown sugar in moderation for the elderly can also dispel blood stasis and promote blood circulation, promote defecation, soothe the liver and improve eyesight.
Beauty effect
Brown sugar is popular in Japan because it contains a kind of "molasses" component, which has a strong detoxification effect and can lead excess melanin out of the dermis and excrete it through lymphatic tissue. In addition, it also contains carotene, riboflavin, nicotinic acid, amino acids, glucose and other components, which have strong antioxidant and repair effects on cells, and can make subcutaneous cells grow rapidly after removing melanin, thus achieving the effects of preventing melanin generation and continuously whitening. These effects of beauty and health care make brown sugar the new favorite of consumers who pursue beauty and health.
Brown sugar is rich in minerals, vitamins and amino acids, which can not only make the skin smooth and attractive, but also promote the metabolism of sunburned skin. Put 300 grams of brown sugar into a pot, add a little mineral water, cook it with slow fire until it is black paste, cool it, put it in a bottle, apply it to the face, and wash it with warm water after 5~ 10 minutes. Of course, brown sugar can not only work alone, but also be combined with other substances:
Jujube auricularia soup: 50g auricularia auricula, jujube 100g, brown sugar 100g, decocted twice a day. Taking it regularly can effectively remove dark circles.
Jujube chrysanthemum porridge: 50g red dates, 0/00g black rice/kloc, 0/5g chrysanthemum/kloc, put in a pot and add water to cook porridge. Add some brown sugar when the porridge is thick. This prescription has the effects of invigorating spleen, enriching blood, clearing liver and improving eyesight. Regular consumption can make your face rosy, and play a role in health care, disease prevention, beauty care and beauty.
Ginger brown sugar tea: ginger 15g, brown sugar. Replacing tea with boiled water can effectively relieve dysmenorrhea pain of women with cold coagulation and blood stasis.
Brown sugar medicated bean soup: medicated bean 30g, salvia miltiorrhiza 12g, appropriate amount of brown sugar, decoction with water, adding brown sugar, eating beans and drinking soup for a period of time can moisturize skin color.
Bird's nest and candied dates soup: bird's nest 25g, candied dates 15g, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Soak the bird's nest in clear water to remove impurities, then put it in a pot with candied dates (core removed), add appropriate amount of water to boil the candied dates until they are cooked, and then add brown sugar to serve. This recipe has the effects of caring skin and eliminating wrinkles, and makes the skin shiny and moist.
Whitening mask: 30g of brown sugar and appropriate amount of fresh milk (milk powder). Melt brown sugar with hot water, add fresh milk or milk powder, stir well, apply it on your face to make it stop flowing, and wash it with water after 30 minutes. Once a day, lasting about 3 months, can reduce a lot of melanin that causes dark skin.
Moisturizing tea: 2g of green tea and 30g of brown sugar, brewed in boiling water, covered for 5 minutes before drinking. Take one dose a day to make the skin clean and bright, and the rough skin regain its luster.
Moisturizing mask: Tea contains a lot of nutrients, and people who drink tea often make their skin look moist and beautiful. Put two spoonfuls of black tea and two spoonfuls of brown sugar into water, stir-fry them in a pot, lay the base with flour and spread them evenly. /kloc-after 0/5 minutes, wipe your face with a wet towel once a month, and make your face moist and white after one month.
Health care formula:
Jujube tea: 10 jujube, boiled in water, added with brown sugar, mixed with black tea water, once taken, has the functions of invigorating qi and blood, invigorating spleen and regulating stomach. It is especially suitable for infants, middle-aged and elderly people.
Strong tea and brown sugar drink: tea and brown sugar are appropriate. Boil a bowl of strong tea, remove residue, dissolve brown sugar and drink. Once a day. The function of clearing heat and regulating menstruation. Indications: premenstrual excess.
Hawthorn brown sugar drink: 50 grams of raw hawthorn meat and 40 grams of brown sugar. Boil hawthorn to remove residue, pour in brown sugar and drink while it is hot. Non-pregnant women can take it several times, and menstrual blood can also be excreted. Function of promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, mainly aimed at female menstrual disorder.
Cook with brown sugar
Even though brown sugar has many health benefits, it is still sugar in essence, and it still plays a role in seasoning when cooking. Brown sugar has high sweetness, unique flavor and color enhancement. It is very suitable for making cakes such as black tea soup, ginger soup and brown sugar cake, which can not only increase the aroma, make the dishes more rosy and attractive, but also increase nutrition and health.
Many health-conscious families have begun to use brown sugar instead of yellow sugar or white sugar in general cooking. When replacing with brown sugar, we should be careful not to completely replace the amount of white sugar or yellow sugar to flavor, because the sweetness of white sugar and yellow sugar is lower than that of brown sugar. If the same amount of brown sugar is added, the taste will be too sweet and the color of the dish will be too dark. It is necessary to reduce the amount appropriately and consider increasing the dishes.
Health care brown sugar water
Boiling brown sugar into brown sugar water is easier to absorb the nutrients in it than eating it directly, and it has the effects of tonifying the middle energizer, strengthening the spleen and stomach and warming the stomach. Brown sugar water is the most common and practical brown sugar health drink in the early days. Pregnant women lose a lot of blood after delivery and consume a lot of physical strength and energy. Drinking brown sugar water 7 ~ 10 days after delivery can replenish energy and increase blood volume, which is beneficial to the recovery of postpartum physical strength, and also has obvious promotion effect on postpartum uterine contraction, recovery, lochia discharge and milk secretion.
Brown sugar water is also helpful for women's smooth menstruation, which can warm the body, increase energy, activate qi and blood, accelerate blood circulation and make menstruation smoother. If you feel bad after menstruation, you can drink a cup of brown sugar water with a concentration of about 20% before lunch every day. When the symptoms of discomfort are serious, you can drink another cup before meals, which can last for a week and effectively improve.
In addition to drinking brown sugar water, it can also be applied externally, and it also has the effect of detoxifying and moistening dryness. Most of the older generation experienced that their children were stung by bees, and the wound was red and swollen, and the pain was unbearable. At this time, parents will take a little brown sugar water with high concentration and apply it to the red and swollen place, so that the pain will be relieved in a short time and the red and swollen will gradually fade away. In autumn and winter, the skin is itchy due to cold and dryness, and it can also be washed with brown sugar water, which can effectively reduce the feeling of dryness and itching.
Brown sugar water can also be cooked with tremella, medlar, red dates or red beans, which is beneficial to diuresis, helps to discharge uterine waste during menstruation, and can alleviate the symptoms of abdominal distension and tight waist; Boiling brown sugar with longan and ginger juice has the effects of invigorating the middle energizer and replenishing blood; Cooking sweet potato, brown sugar and ginger juice together not only has health-preserving effect, but also is a unique snack.
Eating brown sugar can delay aging.
The special function of brown sugar mainly benefits from its natural ingredients. According to 20 years' in-depth research by dermatologists at Saite Skin Research Center in Hong Kong, brown sugar contains a lot of nutrients that have a unique effect on skin health and nutrition.
1. Brown sugar contains monosaccharide and polysaccharide energy substances such as glucose and fructose, which can accelerate the metabolism of skin cells and provide energy for cells.
2. Folic acid and trace substances contained in brown sugar can accelerate blood circulation, increase blood volume, stimulate hematopoietic function, expand blood volume and improve nutrition, oxygen and water supply of local skin.
3. Some vitamins and electrolytes contained in brown sugar can balance water-liquid metabolism in the intracellular environment, eliminate cellular metabolites and keep the internal and external environment clean by adjusting the concentration of certain substances between tissues.
4. Various vitamins and antioxidants contained in brown sugar can resist free radicals, rebuild and protect the cell infrastructure, and maintain the normal function and metabolism of cells.
5. The amino acids, cellulose and other substances contained in brown sugar can effectively protect and restore the fiber structure and water-locking ability of epidermis and dermis, strengthen the skin tissue structure and skin elasticity, supplement skin nutrition and promote cell regeneration.
6. Some natural acids and pigment regulating substances contained in brown sugar can effectively regulate various pigment metabolism processes, balance pigment secretion and pigment distribution in the skin, and reduce abnormal accumulation of local pigments.
7. Chinese medicine believes that women's postpartum body congestion and empty eight veins will cause abdominal pain every time. Doctors often prescribe Shenghua Decoction, Stone Dissipation or Jinlingzi Powder to some patients with blood stasis, and instruct them to take it with brown sugar after decoction, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving pain by using the function of brown sugar to "dredge blood stasis" or "expel lochia". "Women can't be sugar-free for a hundred days" refers to brown sugar. It is said that a young woman was weak because of a long illness. After she got pregnant, she was worried that she would not be pregnant. After adopting the traditional dietotherapy method in China, she designed a kind of "symptomatic food" to warm up deficiency and cold: she was given food such as lying eggs made of glutinous rice wine, brown sugar, sesame and millet porridge. As a result, she not only gave birth to a healthy baby, but also became stronger and healthier than before.
8. Chinese medicine nutrition believes that warm brown sugar plays a role in enriching blood by "warming it, warming it, and warming it". Relatively speaking, although sugar tastes sweet, it is white in color and flat in nature, and its blood-enriching effect is far less than that of brown sugar. Therefore, everyone keeps brown sugar to eat. Usually, we should pay attention to adding some brown sugar to the diet to maintain normal metabolic function and delay aging.
[Edit this paragraph] The history of Yiwu brown sugar
According to the Records of Yiwu County, the history of planting sugarcane and producing sugar in Yiwu has been more than 400 years.
During the Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty, Jia Weicheng of Liyan Village, a Buddhist temple, first introduced the method of planting sugarcane to make sugar from Wenzhou. Liyan Village is the birthplace of "Sweet Cause" in Yiwu. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Yiwu people exchanged brown sugar for chicken feathers to make ginger candy and waved bells to enter the market.
At the beginning of the last century, the sugarcane area was dominated by Buddhist temples and kiosks, and gradually expanded in the 1930s, covering the whole county. Sugarcane production reached its peak in 35 years of the Republic of China (1946), with an area of over 60,000 mu, ranking first in the province and becoming a key sugar-producing area in the province. Every winter around, a large number of sugarcane ripens, and at first glance it is really a green gauze sugarcane forest. Sugarcane is everywhere, and the air in villages and towns is filled with the thick sugar fragrance.
In the Republic of China 18 (1929), the brown sugar produced by Huang Pei Mark in Yiwu won the special prize of West Lake Expo. Since then, Yiwu green brown sugar has gained great fame, selling well all over the country, and some of them are exported to foreign countries!
[Edit this paragraph] Suitable for the crowd
Brown sugar is unrefined crude sugar, which retains more vitamins and minerals. It is generally believed that brown sugar is suitable for women with irregular menstruation and just given birth to children. In fact, brown sugar is more suitable for the elderly, especially those who are old, weak and recovering from a serious illness.
Brown sugar usually refers to the finished sugar of sugar cane with honey, and generally refers to the honey formed after sugar cane is squeezed, simply treated and concentrated. Brown sugar is divided into brown sugar, brown sugar powder and bowl sugar. According to the different crystal particles, almost all the components in sugarcane juice are retained because they are not highly refined. Besides the function of sugar, it also contains vitamins and trace elements, such as iron, zinc, manganese and chromium. And the nutrients are much higher than sugar.
Chinese medicine believes that brown sugar is warm, sweet and enters the spleen, which has the functions of invigorating qi and enriching blood, invigorating spleen and warming stomach, relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. The intake of trace elements and vitamins in the elderly is gradually decreasing, so attention should be paid to supplementing them in the diet to maintain normal metabolic function and delay aging. According to records,1000g of brown sugar contains 900mg of calcium and1000g of iron, which are essential minerals and trace elements for human body. An expert uses atomic fluorescence.
It is found that brown sugar is rich in trace elements, some of which have a strong stimulating effect on hematopoiesis. Therefore, it seems reasonable that people used brown sugar to nourish postpartum women.
Every 100g brown sugar contains 90 mg of calcium, 4 mg of iron and a small amount of riboflavin and carotene. Japanese researchers also extracted a polysaccharide called "molasses" from brown sugar. Experiments show that it has strong antioxidant effect and obvious anti-aging effect.
Old people should choose more brown sugar when eating sugar. Old people in Japan's famous Changshou Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture have the habit of drinking a cup of brown sugar water every day.
brown sugar
The raw material of yellow sugar is sugarcane, which contains about 95% sucrose. The traditional method is to chop and crush the harvested sugarcane to remove impurities such as soil, bacteria, fiber, etc. from the juice, and then cook for 5-6 hours with low fire, and stir constantly to make the water slowly evaporate, so that the sugar concentration gradually increases. After cooling, the high-concentration syrup will solidify into a solid block of coarse sugar, that is, a yellow sugar brick. This traditional practice keeps the original nutrition of sugarcane, and at the same time makes yellow sugar have a special flavor similar to caramel. The longer the cooking time in the production process, the darker the color of the yellow sugar brick, which makes the yellow sugar appear reddish brown in different shades. Yellow sugar is very sweet and rich in substances. In addition to sweetness, it also has a unique special flavor, which is suitable for simple foods, such as red bean soup, yellow sugar cake, black tea, coffee and so on. The sweetness is mellow and unique. Because of its high sweetness and purity, it can be used to prepare drinks or make western-style cakes without affecting the original flavor of other materials, and has the effect of making cakes fluffy. Because yellow sugar is produced by indigenous method and not refined by chemical method, it keeps the original flavor of sugarcane sugar, is a pure natural green food raw material, and is a lot of high-grade food today.
In the sugar industry, there is no special concept of yellow sugar, but yellow sugar exists as a variant of brown sugar. Generally speaking, brown sugar will be pale yellow or cyan when the temperature is small and the color is light during the boiling process, which is called yellow sugar. The main consumer groups of yellow sugar are mainly in the south. For example, brown sugar produced in Guangdong and "Yiwu Qing" produced in Yiwu, Zhejiang are all representatives of yellow sugar.
In the process of modern industrial production, a kind of yellow sugar made of light brown sugar and a small amount of broken yellow rock sugar appeared in Guangdong. This product is not yellow sugar in the traditional sense. However, due to the addition of some rock sugar ingredients, the taste is softer. In addition, rock candy also has the effect of clearing away heat and removing fire.