Until the beginning of the 18th century, a product such as sugar was a real luxury compared to, for example, meat and chicken, which cost 3.5 kopecks, and a spoonful of sugar cost 15 kopecks. The product became widespread only when people learned to extract it from sugar beets. And Napoleon Bonaparte made his contribution to this process. Now granulated sugar has become widespread throughout the world. According to statistics, 1 person eats approximately 60 kg of sugar annually. Nutritionists consider this white carbohydrate a very harmful product and recommend avoiding it. They highlight its high calorie content and uselessness for the body. Let's try to understand this issue in detail, determine the calorie content of sugar per 100 grams and highlight the main sweeteners.
Calorie content of sugar
Sugar comes in different types:
- reed;
- beet;
- palm;
- maple.
Depending on the cleaning method chosen, it can be yellow or white. All varieties have almost the same number of calories, the difference is only a few units. In the CIS countries, the beetroot type of sweetener predominates.
We recommend reading the article about the dangers of sugar for the human body.
If we take into account the volume of 100 g of sugar, the calorie content will be 399 kilocalories. 99% of the sugar composition is made up of di- and monosaccharides, which make the product so high in calories. Only 1% is allocated to water, iron, sodium and calcium.
The maple variety has a lower calorie content - 354 kcal. This species is widespread in Canada, from where it is exported to other countries. It is made from maple buds.
Below is a table with the number of calories and BJU of sugar:
| Calories, kcal: | 398 |
| Proteins, g: | 0,0 |
| Fats, g: | 0,0 |
| Carbohydrates, g: | 99,7 |
