cane sugar

noun

: sugar from sugarcane

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Babcock noted the power of the Fanjul family, which dominates Florida’s cane sugar industry and gives frequently to politicians. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025 If the goal was to minimize processing, then a diet that includes butter might be healthier than one that includes margarine, and one that includes cane sugar might be healthier than one that includes zero-calorie sweeteners. Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025 On January 28, 1980 the Coca-Cola Company revealed that beet and cane sugars were being phased out. Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025 Dio: This brand really has nothing to hide – all the ingredients are listed right on the label, from actual lemon juice concentrate and cane sugar to specialty items like the clover honey and Tahitian Vanilla in the Honey Date Gold Rush and grapefruit juice in the Grapefruit Basil Paloma. Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cane sugar 

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cane sugar was in 1761

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“Cane sugar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cane%20sugar. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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cane sugar

noun
: sugar from sugarcane

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