Brown sugar: Brown sugar is a kind of sucrose, which is not highly refined and formed with honey. Also known as brown sugar and purple sugar. It is a red crystal, refined by squeezing the stem of sugarcane (a herb), and is rich in sugar, minerals and glycolic acid.

Caramel: Caramel, also known as caramel color, commonly known as sauce color, is a viscous liquid or powder made of maltose and sucrose.

2. Different applications:

Brown sugar: Edible sugar.

Caramel: mainly used for coloring soy sauce, candy, vinegar, beer, etc. Caramel pigment is a natural pigment, which is widely used in food and is an important member of food additives.

Extended data:

Precautions for brown sugar:

Suitable for people:

Because of its high nutritional value, brown sugar is suitable for all ages, especially for the elderly and children, which can supplement calcium, iron for women during physiological period, and ginger tea with brown sugar can drive away the cold in cold winter, so it is a drink suitable for all ages in Xian Yi.

Not suitable for people:

The dosage should be reduced in patients with yin deficiency and internal heat, and the dosage can be appropriately increased in female physiological period. Obesity, patients with various eye diseases need to reduce the dose.

Brown sugar and milk can't be eaten at the same time, because protein and brown sugar in milk can undergo glycosylation reaction at high temperature, resulting in glycosylation intermediates, which can lead to vascular endothelial damage and accelerate atherosclerosis.

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