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[Charles Chew]

Sulfur is a contaminant which enters sugar during refining. Most sugar mills go through a process of sulfitation during the refining process, and the exact quantity of carry over of sulfur during the post sulfitation stages is not well known. But sulfur dioxide through bisulfite formation can form additives complexing with the aldehyde and ketonic groups of the hydrolysed sugar moieties. Investigations on the toxic effects of sulphur on mice-- this has stimulated discussions on the permissible limits of sulphur in refined sugar.

The European Union prescribes a maximum of no more than 20 ppm of sulfur for white sugar. And truly speaking, this cannot be achieved with conventional sulphitation processes of making sugar.

WHAT DOES SULPHUR DO?
a. Sulfur in foodstuffs has been shown to be linked to colon rectal cancer.
b. Sulfur is believed to destroy Vitamin A, as it promotes the oxidation of the conjugated double bonds, and is also known to destroy Vitamin B1..
c. Sulfur and sulfur dioxide are also known to promote allergies and accelerate the onset of allergy attacks.
d. Meta bisulfites are often used as food preservatives, but there are upper limits imposed on their concentration.

And, taking artificial sugars as a replacement is an even bigger NO! NO!

[Charles Chew]

Hazard analysis shd take into account this element of allergy to justify haccp plan

[Simon]

Sulfur is a contaminant which enters sugar during refining. Most sugar mills go through a process of sulfitation during the refining process, and the exact quantity of carry over of sulfur during the post sulfitation stages is not well known. But sulfur dioxide through bisulfite formation can form additives complexing with the aldehyde and ketonic groups of the hydrolysed sugar moieties. Investigations on the toxic effects of sulphur on mice-- this has stimulated discussions on the permissible limits of sulphur in refined sugar.

The European Union prescribes a maximum of no more than 20 ppm of sulfur for white sugar. And truly speaking, this cannot be achieved with conventional sulphitation processes of making sugar.

WHAT DOES SULPHUR DO?
a. Sulfur in foodstuffs has been shown to be linked to colon rectal cancer.
b. Sulfur is believed to destroy Vitamin A, as it promotes the oxidation of the conjugated double bonds, and is also known to destroy Vitamin B1..
c. Sulfur and sulfur dioxide are also known to promote allergies and accelerate the onset of allergy attacks.
d. Meta bisulfites are often used as food preservatives, but there are upper limits imposed on their concentration.

And, taking artificial sugars as a replacement is an even bigger NO! NO!

One lump or two Charles.
It's all way over my head mate. Is there anything we can eat safely, it seems modern food processing techniques stop us getting sick right now, but kill us slowly.

Simon

[Charles Chew]

Hi Simon,

The sulphite is probably so heavly diluted by the time you put a lump or two into your coffee it no longer matters but as always the advice - moderation is a good benchmark.

And, by the time we are done with all known commonly found hazards, the hazard analysis summary would be FULL of allergenic hazards that ALLERGEN ADVICE would fill up the entire brand label itself.

Modern Foods- The way to go