Re: confused!!!! Can someone shed some light on this for me?

[Guest guest]

Some Sucanat is merely organic brown sugar, where they refine it into

cane sugar and molasses and mix it back together. If should just be

very lightly refined cane syrup, that is still brown, not refined and

remixed.

My wife has a bad reaction to sucanat, while she can handle raw honey

and grade B maple perfectly fine. After eating Wholesome sweeteners

sucanat she gets phlegmy sick feelings the next day or two.

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> Ok, pg 537 of the revised second edition of NT says that sucanat is

to be

> avoided (Guide to natural sweeteners). But in the recent WAPF buyers

guide

> they have sucanat right next to rapadura in the " Best " section.

Ummmm, I am

> confused should I use it or avoided it??? It would sure be nice to

be able

> to use it as it is much cheaper than rapadura around here!!!

>

> --

> Mrs. () Siemens

>

> Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

>

> Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

>

> no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no

claim,

> only Christ

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Ok, pg 537 of the revised second edition of NT says that sucanat is

to be

> avoided (Guide to natural sweeteners). But in the recent WAPF buyers

guide

> they have sucanat right next to rapadura in the " Best " section.

Ummmm, I am

> confused should I use it or avoided it??? It would sure be nice to

be able

> to use it as it is much cheaper than rapadura around here!!!

>

> --

Mrs. () Siemens,

Sucanat is back to being good in WAPF literature.

At some point the processing for Sucanat was changed to something less

wholesome, so WAPF denounced it, but now they've reverted back to the

original way. Something like that.

B.

[Guest guest]

Hmm, a health food store I used to go to had some that looked identical to

rapadura, that real powdery with some granular texture, I've not seen any

around here that looked in any way similar to brown sugar. I guess you'd

have to watch the brand. ::sigh:: and to think, there was a time when people

had to pay through the nose to eat POORLY and eating good was CHEAP!!!

On 12/23/05, gdawson6 <gdawson6@...> wrote:

>

> Some Sucanat is merely organic brown sugar, where they refine it into

> cane sugar and molasses and mix it back together. If should just be

> very lightly refined cane syrup, that is still brown, not refined and

> remixed.

--

Mrs. () Siemens

Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no claim,

only Christ

[Guest guest]

Well, I guess I buy a little and see how it goes.

On 12/23/05, downwardog7 <illneverbecool@...> wrote:

>

> Sucanat is back to being good in WAPF literature.

>

> At some point the processing for Sucanat was changed to something less

> wholesome, so WAPF denounced it, but now they've reverted back to the

> original way. Something like that.

> B.

--

Mrs. () Siemens

Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no claim,

only Christ

[Guest guest]

This article used to appear on the WAPF site from Mother but

seems to have been removed recently. Her original endorsement was " Ode

to Sucanat " but later replaced by " Ode to Rapadura "

http://www.westonaprice.org/motherlinda/odetorapadura.html

What I learned from reading the article is that when it originated in

its current form, Sucanat was a superior product (originating in

Switzerland), being produced by a method of processing that retained

the nutrients naturally occurring in sugarcane - it was considered

" unrefined. " The rights were purchased to distribute in North America

and over the years the distribution changed ownership a few times and

the processes for extraction became increasingly more refined.

Interesting politics actually.

Rapadura which is the European version of original Sucanat, is now

available in the US and is higher in vitamins and minerals than

Sucanat (particularly magnesium, calcium, iron, silica and

manganese.)Rapunzel is a German company who makes it and they they

remain committed to sustainable agriculture and fair trading practices.

I hope this helps -

Lee Charlson

www.holisticmoms.org

>

> Ok, pg 537 of the revised second edition of NT says that sucanat is

to be

> avoided (Guide to natural sweeteners). But in the recent WAPF buyers

guide

> they have sucanat right next to rapadura in the " Best " section.

Ummmm, I am

> confused should I use it or avoided it??? It would sure be nice to

be able

> to use it as it is much cheaper than rapadura around here!!!

>

> --

> Mrs. () Siemens

>

> Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

>

> Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

>

> no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no

claim,

> only Christ

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

It just made me wonder why it was listed by WAPF (the buyers guide I got

this week) listed it as BEST along with rapadura, they must have started

making it the old way again.

On 12/23/05, KRISTEN <klee123@...> wrote:

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>

>

> What I learned from reading the article is that when it originated in

> its current form, Sucanat was a superior product (originating in

> Switzerland), being produced by a method of processing that retained

> the nutrients naturally occurring in sugarcane - it was considered

> " unrefined. " The rights were purchased to distribute in North America

> and over the years the distribution changed ownership a few times and

> the processes for extraction became increasingly more refined.

> Interesting politics actually.

--

Mrs. () Siemens

Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no claim,

only Christ

[Guest guest]

FWIW - I think it is listed in the BEST category because it is still

less processed and less refined because it is just dried cane juice

and holds minerals etc, but I believe that Sucanat is still slightly

more processed than Rapadura (from my research anyway.)

Lee Charlson

www.holisticmoms.org

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> >

> >

> > What I learned from reading the article is that when it originated in

> > its current form, Sucanat was a superior product (originating in

> > Switzerland), being produced by a method of processing that retained

> > the nutrients naturally occurring in sugarcane - it was considered

> > " unrefined. " The rights were purchased to distribute in North America

> > and over the years the distribution changed ownership a few times and

> > the processes for extraction became increasingly more refined.

> > Interesting politics actually.

>

>

>

>

> --

> Mrs. () Siemens

>

> Blessed to be his helpmeet, 6 years and counting!!!

>

> Mommy to Zack (5) and Liddy (21 months)

>

> no fear, only faith; no guilt, only grace; no pride, only praise; no

claim,

> only Christ

>

>

>