What is the difference between sorghum and blackstrap molasses?
Sorghum and blackstrap molasses are both dark, nutritious sweeteners derived from canes. Despite these similarities, there are distinct differences between the two, including how they are produced and used as well as how they taste.Sorghum: ProductionSorghum starts as a sweet juice extracted from the cane of the Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench grass. After impurities are filtered out, this juice is concentrated by evaporation into a sweet, amber liquid syrup.Sorghum: UsesUse sorghum as you would maple syrup: Pour it over pancakes, use it to flavor baked beans or drizzle it over ice cream. Sorghum can be substituted one to one for molasses in most recipes; reduce the amount of sugar by a third to compensate for the variation in sweetness, however, as sorghum is naturally sweeter than molasses.Sorghum: NutritionSorghum, unlike refined sugar, is high in potassium, magnesium and calcium.Molasses: ProductionMolasses is a byproduct of the sugar refining process. It is the concentrated remainder
