Brown sugar is a sweetener made from sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum). It's similar to white sugar, but contains varying amounts of molasses. Brown sugar can be refined or unrefined, but most brown sugar that you find in the baking section of the grocery store is refined. More @Wikipedia
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