American Sugar Refining

National Institutes of Health American Sugar Refining Company... 

R. E. Miller, J. A. Devlin and R. Netsch, unpublished data, American Sugar Refining Co. 

American Sugar Refining Company Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... 

Sidney M. Cantor, Research and Development Division, American Sugar Refining Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... 

The writer is indebted to Gordon Mackinney, University of California, for his vital interest and helpful criticism of the work, and to Sidney M. Cantor, American Sugar Refining Co., for his encouragement and valuable assistance in the evaluation and interpretation of the data. 

The consumption of refined sugar in foods and beverages should be reduced to below the American norm. Refined sugar has no nutritional value other than its caloric content, and it promotes tooth decay. 

Many Italian producers use refined beet sugar for sweetening, whereas in France mistelas (fortified grape must) is preferred. Caramel is an important constituent where color intensification is desired and is prepared carefully for that purpose (Goswell and Kunkee, 1977). In American vermouth, wine of higher natural acidity is used. 

Sucrose is the sugar used most extensively in curing meat. In experiments carried out by the Department of Scientific Research of the American Meat Institute on hams and bacon, no difference in the finished product or course of the cure was found when beet or cane sugar was used. Raisin sirup, honey, molasses, and different grades of refiners sirups have been used to a limited extent in curing meats. Dextrose and corn sugar sirup are used in some meat products. 

Fat and sugar, which supply over 1/3 of the energy intake of the average American, are devoid of vitamin B-6. Generally speaking, processed or refined foods are much lower in vitamin B-6 than the original food thus, white bread, rice, noodles, macaroni, and spaghetti are all quite low in vitamin B-6. 

Baikow, V., Manufacture and Refining of Raw Cane Sugar. American Elsevier, New York, 1967. 

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