Sugar, we are often told, is bad for us. According to recent health advice, adults should restrict their sugar intake to between six and nine teaspoons daily. But what is more upsetting about sugar is ...

Jamaica possessed superb growing conditions for sugar cane, and by 1513, Spanish farmers in Sevilla la Nueva tended fields bristling with the green stalks. Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / ...

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. Few ...

Coconut Sugar vs. Cane Sugar: Which Is Healthiest? Coconut sugar versus cane sugar — it’s the fight we’ve all been waiting for. OK, maybe not, but it’s a debate worth having. Coconut sugar sounds ...

1935: Cane toads brought to Australia to control Queensland’s cane beetles. Sugar cane was brought to Australia by the First Fleet in 1788. There were repeated small-scale attempts to grow the crop ...

Lisa Futterman is a food, dining, spirits, beverage, and travel writer. She has cooked professionally for her entire career, teaching and creating curriculum and recipes for several home cooking ...

Starting this fall, consumers in the U.S. will have the option to buy Coca-Cola's signature soda sweetened with domestic cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. The move, confirmed by the ...