Brown Sugar vs White Sugar nutrition
Brown sugar has more calcium, potassium and iron than White sugar.
- Brown sugar100 g
- White sugar100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Brown sugar | White sugar | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 380 kcal (19%) | 387 kcal (19%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 0.12 g (<1%) | 0 g (0%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 20 g |
| Carbs | 98.1 g (36%) | 100 g (36%) | 275 g |
| Fiber | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 28 g |
| Sugar | 97 g | 99.8 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg (0%) | 0 mg (0%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 28 mg (1%) | 1 mg (<1%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 133 mg (3%) | 2 mg (<1%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 83 mg (6%) | 1 mg (<1%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 0.71 mg (4%) | 0.05 mg (<1%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 9 mg (2%) | 0 mg (0%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg (0%) | 0 µg (0%) | 900 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg (0%) | 0 mg (0%) | 90 mg |
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How the numbers are taken. Amounts are per 100 g of the edible part, from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, public domain), in the state named — raw, boiled, roasted and so on. Percentages use the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; your own needs can be different. This site compares amounts — it does not give diet or medical advice. Sources and limits.
What is being compared
This page compares brown sugar and white sugar as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Sugars, brown” (FDC 168833) and “Sugars, granulated” (FDC 169655). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part.
Per 100 grams
Per 100 grams, brown sugar has more protein (0.12 vs 0 g, against none), sodium (28 vs 1 mg, about 28 times as much), potassium (133 vs 2 mg, about 67 times as much), calcium (83 vs 1 mg, about 83 times as much), iron (0.71 vs 0.05 mg, about 14 times as much) and magnesium (9 vs 0 mg, against none). White sugar does not have more of any of them. They are within 3% of each other for calories, fat, saturated fat, carbohydrate, fiber, sugars, cholesterol, vitamin A and vitamin C.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 1 tsp packed of brown sugar (4.6 g) and 1 tsp of white sugar (4.2 g). The two servings weigh about the same, so the per-serving picture follows the per-100 g one closely. No nutrient changes leader when you switch from 100 g to servings. One serving is 17.5 kcal of brown sugar against 16.3 kcal of white sugar.
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 26.3 g of brown sugar or 25.8 g of white sugar. At that equal energy, brown sugar carries 0.03 g of protein and white sugar 0 g. Measured per 100 kcal, every nutrient keeps the same leader as per 100 g.
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 0% of the energy in brown sugar comes from protein, 0% from fat and 100% from carbohydrate; for white sugar it is 0%, 0% and 100%. These shares use the general 4, 9 and 4 kcal per gram and can differ slightly from USDA's own energy factors.
Against the Daily Value
1 tsp packed of brown sugar reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in carbohydrate (2%); 1 tsp of white sugar reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in carbohydrate (2%). Daily Values are the FDA label reference amounts for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; they are a yardstick for reading labels, not a target for any one person.