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Molasses: The Sticky Story of a Dark and Syrupy Sweetener

Of all the liquid sweeteners, thick, dark, viscous molasses is probably the most complex. Depending on its strength, molasses can taste from lightly sweet to smoky-sweet to harshly bittersweet, and its history is almost as complicated as its flavor.

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 Everything You Need To Know About Molasses

Molasses is a thick, dark syrup made during the sugar-making process. First, the sugar cane is crushed and the juice is extracted. The juice is then boiled to form sugar crystals and removed from the liquid. The thick, brown syrup left after removing the sugar from the juice is molasses. This process is repeated several times to produce a different type of molasses each time.

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What is it? Molasses is the by-product of the process used to extract sugar from sugar cane or beet. The sugar cane juice is boiled and sugar crystallized from it. The syrup that is left over is molasses. Normally, the sugar cane is boiled three times to remove as much sugar as possible and the molasses left over at the end of this third stage is called black strap molasses and is dark in color, very syrupy and has the lowest amount of sugar but the highest quantities of vitamins and minerals

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I believe the metric for determining whether or not a food is a healthful food is not whether or not caveman had access to something similar, but rather: what does that food have nutrientwise to offer the human body versus what does that food contain that might undermine health? And when we apply this metric to blackstrap molasses, we find that it makes very little sense to put this on a “no” list.

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Is Molasses Good For You?

Despite being more nutritious than regular sugar, molasses has a very similar glycemic index to other refined sugars.

Molasses Health Benefits & Uses

You'll feel warmed to the bone and relaxed after eating molasses. The gooey and thick nature of this sweetener gave rise to the famous phrase "as slow as molasses." One client observed these qualities, "The molasses was heavy and slow in movement - extremely viscous." Hot and heavy, molasses will ignite your digestive fire (agni) and ground the nervous system all at once.

Molasses: Sweet, Sticky and Versatile

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What’s So Great About Blackstrap Molasses?

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