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Thieves who replaced diamonds with sugar crystals arrested

Mumbai: The Mumbai crime branch arrested two accused who allegedly duped a Gujarat-based diamond trader of ₹1.18 crore by replacing real diamonds with sugar crystals under the pretext of purchasing the former. According to the police, the incident occurred on the afternoon of February 18 when both the accused visited the complainant’s office in Surat along with another associate ostensibly …

Sugar Crystals

As you run your tongue over perfectly creamy ice cream, the sugars hit the sweet tastebuds and immediately tell your brain that a high-calorie food is on its way. The fats in the ice cream, aerated perfectly between really tiny ice crystals, evenly coat the mouth, further indicating to the brain that nine calories per gram of fat are coming …

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Searching for ethical sugar

Americans sure love sugar; we each eat an average of 6 cups of the stuff a week, for a total of 152 pounds a year. "That lack of traceability, along with the fact that sugar is often embedded with other ingredients, makes it hard for consumers to connect" social and environmental issues with it, says Fairtrade America COO Bryan Lew. …