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Mangelwurzel or mangold wurzel (from German Mangel/Mangold, "chard" and Wurzel, "root"), also called mangold, [1] mangel beet, [1] field beet, [2] fodder beet and (archaic) root of scarcity, [3] [4] [5] is a cultivated root vegetable. It is a variety of Beta vulgaris, [5] the same species that also contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar ...
The beetroot (British English) or beet (North American English) is the taproot portion of a Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris plant in the Conditiva Group. [1] The plant is a root vegetable also known as the table beet , garden beet , dinner beet , or else categorized by color: red beet or golden beet .
Sugar beets grow exclusively in the temperate zone, in contrast to sugarcane, which grows exclusively in the tropical and subtropical zones. The average weight of a sugar beet ranges between 0.5 and 1 kg (1.1 and 2.2 lb). Sugar beet foliage has a rich, brilliant green color and grows to a height of about 35 cm (14 in).
It was developed from garden beets in Germany in the late 18th century after the roots of beets were found to contain sugar in 1747. Cicla Group, [12] spinach beet or chard (Syn. B. v. subsp. vulgaris convar. cicla var. cicla) [13] - The leaf beet group has a long history dating to the
Mangel Trilogy, three books set in the fictional town of Mangel, by Charlie Williams Mangelwurzel , Mangel wurzel, a root vegetable, used as animal fodder, member of the Beta vulgaris family Mangel, a defunct clothing store and former owner of Shoppers Fair stores
Cosun Beet Company (before 2020 Suiker Unie) [1] is a part of Royal Cosun.It produces white sugar and other refined sugar products. By acquiring the beet sugar division of Corbion in 2007 and Danisco Sugar GmbH in 2008, Cosun Beet Company became one of the five biggest European producers of sugar from sugar beet.
Chard or Swiss chard (/ tʃ ɑːr d / ⓘ; Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris, Cicla Group and Flavescens Group) is a green leafy vegetable.In the cultivars of the Flavescens Group, the leaf stalks are large and often prepared separately from the leaf blade; [1] the Cicla Group is the leafy spinach beet.
I find no distinction between Mangelwurzel and Mangel beets. Wright indicates that both mangels and mangel wurzels are the same as mangolds. Wright, Clifford A. (2001) Mediterranean vegetables: a cook's ABC of vegetables and their preparation page 52. It appears that while Mangelwurzel are usually grown for fodder, they can be pleasant when ...