Sugar

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:11 pm

I saw that sugar cane is on the safe food list, but is sugar ok for them? I have some Sugar In The Raw and it says it is Natural Cane Turbinado Sugar from Hawaii. Can I give the crabs a little bit of this as a treat? It just looks like something they would want to munch on.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:12 pm

By the way, it also has molasses left in it.

annopia · Post by **annopia** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:39 pm

hmmm...I know that plain blackstrap molasses is okay as a treat, it has tons of little trace goodies that the crabs need. so, based on that and the fact that cane sugar is on the safe food list, I think it would be okay as a treat. someone else correct me, however, if I'm wrong. I don't think refined sugar would be good for them, but I think the raw, natural kind is okay.

Caroline

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:23 pm

I was wondering about the same thing. I had some and it seems safe to me but I'm not completely sure.

Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs · Post by **Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:04 pm

I was wondering this too. What about sugar cubes?

DustAndEchoes · Post by **DustAndEchoes** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:47 pm

Is it possible they put anti caking agents in granulated sugar? I dunno...processed sugar has no nutritional value, so I would stay away from it just for that fact...

DustAndEchoes · Post by **DustAndEchoes** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:50 pm

i just googled it -- processed sugar does contain anti caking agents, so no, it's not a good idea to give it to your crabbies.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:50 am

I just checked out the website for Sugar in the Raw and found this -

"Sugar In The Raw is a natural, unrefined sugar made from sugar cane grown in Maui. Juice is extracted from the sugar cane, and then crystallized through evaporation. These crystals are rinsed with a very small amount of water to remove just enough stickiness to make the product free flowing. We pack this turbinado sugar and market it as Sugar In The Raw."

"Exposure to high humidity and/or temperatures may result in caking"

From this it doesn't seem like they use anti-caking agents, the main concern I had. And it isn't processed sugar so it still has it's nutritional value. As far as I can tell this is just crystalized sugar cane juice, which I think would be acceptable for them.

Willow · Post by **Willow** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:19 am

Honey, molasses, pure maple syrup and cane syrup are fine for a treat, as are any of these products in their crystallized form. Processed sugar and corn syrup---or any other highly processed food---are very bad for them.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:00 pm

Cool. I think I'll go make a little crabby dinner with some sugar-in-the-raw dessert

I need to try another one of the samples I got from narnar anyway