raw sugar and table sugar

Both raw sugar and table sugar are extracted from the sugar cane plant but go through slightly different processes to become the raw and white sugar we are familiar with. Raw sugar goes through the process of growing, harvesting, shredding and milling sugar cane to extract the juice, which is then put through filtering and boiling processes to remove most of the molasses and colour. The end product here is raw sugar. To make white sugar, raw sugar continues through the manufacturing process where it is washed, filtered and crystallised to produce the finer, white table sugar you see on supermarket shelves.