Brown sugar vs white sugar
In short
Gram for gram, the calories are about the same: 380 in 100 g of brown sugar, 387 of white sugar. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in brown sugar: calcium and copper (6.7×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
0.12 g protein · 98.1 g carbs (97 g sugars) · 0 g fat
0 g protein · 100 g carbs (99.8 g sugars) · 0 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Calcium83 mg · 1 mg6%<1%
- Copper0.047 mg · 0.007 mg5%1%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein0.12 g · 0 g<1%·0%
- Total fat0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Saturated fatlimit0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates98.1 g · 100 g36%·36%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit28 mg · 1 mg1%·<1%
- Potassium133 mg · 2 mg3%·<1%
- Iron0.71 mg · 0.05 mg4%·<1%
- Magnesium9 mg · 0 mg2%·0%
- Phosphorus4 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Zinc0.03 mg · 0.01 mg<1%·<1%
- Manganese0.064 mg · 0.004 mg3%·<1%
- Selenium1.2 µg · 0.6 µg2%·1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0 mg · 0.019 mg0%·1%
- Niacin (B3)0.11 mg · 0 mg1%·0%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.13 mg · 0 mg3%·0%
- Vitamin B60.041 mg · 0 mg2%·0%
- Folate1 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline2.3 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
From USDA FoodData Central: Brown sugar (SR Legacy 168833), Granulated sugar (SR Legacy 169655). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.