Is Organic Molasses Sugar that Good?

Molasses sugar is made during the extraction of sugar from sugarcane and sugar beets.
It can has different color, sweetness and nutritional contents depending on the variety or how much sugar been extracted.

How Molasses is Made
During the sugar making process, juice extracted from sugarcane or sugar beets is boiled down until the sugars crystallize and precipitate out. The syrup left over after crystallization is referred to as molasses.
Typically, sugar cane juice undergoes three cycles of boiling and crystallization to extract as much sugar as possible. With each successive cycle, the left over molasses contains less sugar

Types of Molasses
1. Light molasses:
The molasses is lightest in color, highest sugar content, least viscous texture.
This is syrup left over after the first boiling cycle of sugarcane juice.

Product: Natural Molasses Sugar
Brand: Lohas
Nutrition information (from label)
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon (4 g)
Total fat: 0 g
Calories: 15 g
Carbohydrate: 4 g 
Sugar : 4 g
Sodium: 0 g
Country of origin: Malaysia
Weight: +-900 g
Price: RM 7.50
Notes: This product has no benefits of any minerals or vitamins.

2. Dark molasses:
The molasses is darker and more viscous, contain less sugar.
This is the byproduct of the second boiling cycle of sugarcane.

3. Black strap molasses:
The molasses is very dark,least sugar and has the highest concentration of vitamins and mineral.
This is the final byproduct of the third boiling cycle in the sugar making process.
Tips: High content of iron and concentrated vitamins and minerals.

Product: Wholesome Sweeteners Organic Molasses
Nutrition information (from label)
Serving Size: 1 tablespoon (22g)
Total fat: 0 g
Potassium: 730 mg (20%)
Calcium: 115 mg (10%)
Carbohydrate: 14 mg (4%)
Sugar : 10 g
Iron: 15 g
Magnesium: 8 g
Vitamin B6: 10 g
Sodium: 0 g
Country of origin: Paraguay
Weight: 472 ml
Price: RM 27.90
Unsulplhured, organic, Fair Trade and Kosher Certified. Guarantee fair price paid direct to the farmer who grow sugar cane.

Sulfured vs unsulphured Molasses
Sulfured molasses refers to molasses that has been treated with sulfur dioxide as a preservative. Generally, only young sugarcane requires this treatment. Therefore, molasses made from mature sugarcane is often unsulphured. Unsulphured molasses may have a lighter, cleaner sugar flavor.                                                

Uses of molasses:
1. Baking, Cooking
2. Brown sugar- is produced by combining refined white sugar with roughly 5% molasses.

No everyone like blackstrap molasses due to its taste. Traditional way of taking it is to mix hot water with molasses and drink it when is warm. TIPS: The best blackstrap to buy is organic and unsulphured molasses.

Do read the label to compare the nutritional content before buying as they are not cheap!

Reference:
http://globalhealthsupplies.net/the-hair-benefits-of-blackstrap-molasses-%E2%80%A2-improved-growth-and-color/