Brown sugar or white sugar?

What is white sugar? And the brown sugar?

White sugar is a product that is extracted from both sugar cane and sugar beet. For its preparation it is subjected to a chemical purification process known as sulphitation.

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However, brown sugar consists of a mixture of white sugar with cane molasses. At this point we must differentiate between the brown sugar itself, with that considered as whole cane brown sugar, which is directly obtained from the juices of sugarcane.

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The main difference is that the brown sugar is not subjected to a refining process, but is only crystallized and centrifuged, in which the white sugar crystals are mixed with cane molasses, thus enveloping each crystal.

 
Is brown sugar healthier than white sugar? They are the same? 

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It is true that, from a nutritional point of view, unrefined brown sugar provides minerals (potassium, iron, sodium, magnesium and calcium) and vitamins (mainly from group B), while white sugar only contributes empty calories ( that is, it provides calories and no nutrients).

But this does not mean that brown sugar tends to be healthier than white sugar. On the contrary, it becomes a problem, because when we consider that it is healthier we end up adding it to our daily diet as a "healthy" option, when in fact it is only healthy in appearance: it can not be considered as a source of these nutrients, since it is usually consumed in small amounts, and its sugar content is practically similar to white sugar.

That is, while white (or normal) sugar has between 99% to 100% sucrose, brown sugar has between 85% to 95%. Which translates into something very simple: there is no evidence to show that brown sugar is healthier than white sugar. 

After read this post what will be your choice?