并非所有的糖都是素食

As it turns out, not all sugar is vegan. While most people know that meat, fish, and dairy are not part of the standard vegan diet, neither is any food or beverage that is made or processed with animal by-products, and that can include some sugars.

事实证明，并非所有的糖都是素食。虽然大多数人都知道肉、鱼和奶制品不是标准素食饮食的一部分，但任何由动物副产品制成或加工的食品或饮料也不是，其中可能包括一些糖。

In the United States, white, refined sugar is either made from sugarcane or sugar beets. While the two plants both contain sucrose, they are processed in completely different ways (via Treehugger). Unlike beet sugar, cane sugar is filtered with bone char, a porous material made by charring the bones of animals. Bone char is used as a decolorizing filter, which gives cane sugar its white color. Before it is bleached with bone char, cane sugar is actually brown.

在美国，白糖是由甘蔗或甜菜制成的。虽然这两种植物都含有蔗糖，但它们的加工方式完全不同。与甜菜糖不同，蔗糖是用骨炭过滤的，骨炭是一种多孔材料，由动物骨头炭化而成。骨炭被用作脱色过滤器，使蔗糖变成白色。在用骨炭漂白之前，蔗糖实际上是棕色的。

While white sugar doesn't contain any bones or bone fragments, it is still processed with them, making it not vegan. Not all cane sugar is filtered with bone char, however (via HuffPost). Some refineries use granular carbon instead. Unfortunately, they both look exactly the same, and there's no way to tell which is which simply by looking at the packaging.

虽然白糖不含任何骨头或骨头碎片，但它仍然是与骨头一起加工的，所以不是素食。然而，并不是所有的蔗糖都是用骨炭过滤的。一些炼油厂改用颗粒碳。不幸的是，它们看起来完全一样，仅仅看包装是无法区分。

While white cane sugar might be off the table, there are plenty of other vegan sugars and sugar substitutes that will definitely sweeten up your day. Aside from beet sugar, organic cane sugar is completely vegan. Sugar that is certified organic by the U.S. Department of Agriculture can't be filtered with bone char, according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Sugar in the Raw is another great vegan sugar. Since it's unrefined, it is entirely free of bone char or any other animal by-product (via VegNews).

虽然白蔗糖可能不会出现在餐桌上，但有很多其他纯素糖和糖替代品可以让你的一天甜甜蜜蜜。除了甜菜糖，有机蔗糖是纯素糖。据《动物伦理治疗协会》称，经美国农业部认证的有机糖不能用骨炭过滤。生糖是另一种很好的素食糖。因为它是未经提炼的，所以它完全不含骨炭或任何其他动物副产品。

In addition to vegan sugars, there are plenty of sugar substitutes you can use to sweeten your food. Agave nectar is a vegan, liquid sweetener that comes from the fluid in the blue agave plant (via Livestrong). It has the consistency of a syrup and doesn't have the unpleasant aftertaste of many other artificial sweeteners. Other plant-based sweeteners include barley malt syrup, maple syrup, and stevia.

除了纯素糖，还有很多糖替代品可以用来增加食物的甜味。龙舌兰花蜜是一种纯素液体甜味剂，来自蓝色龙舌兰植物的液体。它有糖浆般的稠度，没有许多其他人造甜味剂令人不快的余味。其他基于植物的甜味剂还有大麦麦芽糖浆、枫树糖浆和甜叶菊。