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Diabetes Mellitus (DM) currently become a national problem even global, which in 2018 the population of sufferers has reached 425 million. One of the causes of DM is a cell resistance to insulin, which can be caused by the bodys lack of chromium intake. This is thought to be caused by the habit of consuming white sugar as a sweetener compared to brown sugar or even neera.. Brown sugar and neera contained more minerals, including chromium, than white sugar. In the body, chromium is part of Glucose Tolerance Factor (GTF) which plays a role in maintaining insulin sensitivity. The purpose of this study are to compare the levels of chromium in sugar and neera, as well as in the blood and urine of healthy and DM patients, before and after consuming neera, and to know the level of consumers preference to the flavor of white sugar compared to neera. Determination of chromium content had been done by Atomic Absorption Spechtrophotometer (AAS), meanwhile the level of consumers preference to the samples flavor had been done by organoleptic test. The results had shown that the chromium levels in neera was 35 times higher than in white sugar has; neera consumption for one month apparently can increase the levels of chromium (both in the blood and in the urine of people) but the increasement level in DM patients higher than healthy people; and in the terms of the taste, the average respondents preference for neera and white sugar is the same.