What is the difference between brown and white sugar?

Brown sugar is simply sugar that has molasses which is what gives it that brown color and flavor, white sugar on the other hand is refined.  One teaspoon of brown sugar is 17.5calories whereas 1 teaspoon of white sugar is 16.3 calories.  This means that there I no significant difference, hence diabetics should not use neither.

Keitumetse Ingrid Makuku - Dietitian