Is Honey More Nutritious Than Table Sugar?

Sucrose (table sugar) consists of one glucose molecule and one fructose molecule joined together.  Don't stop reading!!  I know it seems scientific but I will deciper in a minute :)
From a chemical perspective, honey is almost identical to sucrose (table sugar) since honey also contains glucose and fructose molecules in almost equal amounts.  However, enzymes in bees' "honey stomachs" separate some of the glucose and fructose molecules, resulting in honey looking and tasting slightly different from table sugar.  As you know, bees store honey in combs and fan the honey with their wings to reduce its moisture content.  This also alters the appearance and texture of honey.  HONEY DOES NOT CONTAIN ANYMORE NUTRIENTS THAN SUCROSE, SO IT IS NOT A MORE HEALTHFUL CHOICE THAN SUCROSE.  In fact, per tablespoon, honey HAS MORE CALORIES than table sugar. 

Are raw sugar and molasses more healthful than table sugar?  Actually the "raw sugar" available in the United States is not really raw.  Truly raw sugar is made up of the first crystals obtained  when sugar is processed.   Sugar in this form contains dirt, parts of insects, and other by-products that make it illegal to sell in the United States.  The raw sugar products in American stores have actually gone through more than half of the same steps in the refining process used to make table sugar.  Raw sugar has a coarser texture than white sugar and is unbleached; in most markets it is also more expensive.

Molasses is the syrup that remains when sucrose (table sugar) is made from sugarcane.  It is reddish brown in color with a distinctive taste that is less sweet than table sugar.  It does contain some iron, but this iron is a contaminant from the machines that process the sugarcane!  Incientally, blackstrap molasses is the residue of a third boiling of the syrup.  It contains less sugar than light or dark molasses but more minerals.

 
Janice Thompson and Melinda Manore. Nutrition An Applied Approach 2nd Ed. 122.