Caster Sugar Beneficial for Health Really?

By:Rohtki Arora, Updated: Jan 4, 2022 | 17:29 IST

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Caster Sugar

If you love baking you love caster sugar. Caster sugar is the fine granules of sugar used in baking. The name caster or castor sugar is derived from the strainer that it goes through to create the tiny grains. They are a main sweetener to make cookies, cakes, cupcakes and other dessert items. Caster sugar easily dissolves in water, milk and other such cold liquids. It happens because caster sugar has a light texture. This sugar is not usually eaten raw. Hence you can not apply caster sugar for frosting, icing or for preparing butter cream. Intake of caster sugar is in many ways better than intaking normal white sugar. In some countries like the United States caster sugar is known as superfine sugar.


You can grind normal white sugar to make caster sugar but the commercial one available in stores are uniform and better for baking.

Health Benefits:
Eating a large amount of castor sugar can generate health problems. On the other hand a moderated quantity of the same can actually benefit health. Essentially all forms of sugars are source of energy but caster sugar-

• Provides nutrients to cells
• Improves the Lymphatic health
• Helps thyroid to function better
• Exfoliates skin
• Supplies oxygen to cells

Nutritional Benefits:
Every one teaspoon of caster sugar contains the following nutritional value:
Nutrients

 Measurement
Saturated Fat

 0g
Carbohydrates

 4g
Protein

 0g
Energy

 16 kcal
Fat

 0g
Salt

 0g


Additional health & nutritional benefits:
1. Good for thyroid patients: People suffering from thyroid are usually barred from taking any artificial sweetener. For them caster sugar is a better substitute than taking diet sugars.

2. Less Fatigue: Since caster sugar carries oxygen to cells it helps reduce fatigue in the body. Sugar being a carbohydrate heavy food it provides a lot of energy to perform your daily functions.

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