Thanks for the link, that is pretty cool, and seems potentially like one of the best sweeteners. I guess I have never really looked at molasses because nobody eats it anymore. If my understanding is correct it is more concentrated in minerals because it has the minerals that have been removed from the table sugar. So it is also a type of refined sugar, but nutrients have actually been added instead of taken away.

I tend to stay away from these kinds of factory produced foods. You have to put trust in the manufacturer not to be adding chemicals, etc.

But maybe this could be a healthy part of the diet. The fructose is bad or sugar/refined carbohydrates is bad theories have not shown that the health problems could instead be caused by a lack of nutrients in the sugars we consume.

"So it is also a type of refined sugar, but nutrients have actually been added instead of taken away."

From my understanding (not a nutritionist), sugar has been taken away; nutrients have not been added, just concentrated by the extraction of sugar.

"I tend to stay away from these kinds of factory produced foods. You have to put trust in the manufacturer not to be adding chemicals, etc."

Because it's fairly nutritious as sweeteners go, it's available in organic form at many health food stores.

organic only specifies how it was grown, not processed.