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  2. Sugar beet - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. History of sugar - Wikipedia

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    Sugar was a luxury in Europe until the early 19th century, when it became more widely available, due to the rise of beet sugar in Prussia, and later in France under Napoleon. [56] Beet sugar was a German invention, since, in 1747, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf announced the discovery of sugar in beets and devised a method using alcohol to extract ...

  4. Beta vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    Altissima Group, [12] sugar beet (Syn. B. v. subsp. v. convar. vulgaris var. altissima) [13] - The sugar beet is a major commercial crop due to its high concentrations of sucrose, which is extracted to produce table sugar. It was developed from garden beets in Germany in the late 18th century after the roots of beets were found to contain sugar ...

  5. Beet sugar factory - Wikipedia

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    A beet sugar factory, or sugar factory, is a type of production facility that produces sugar from sugar beets or alternative plants to sugarcane in making refined sugar. These factories process the beets to produce refined sugar, similar to sugarcane in other regions. The process involves several steps, including washing, slicing, and ...

  6. Sugar - Wikipedia

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    Sugar was a luxury in Europe until the early 19th century, when it became more widely available, due to the rise of beet sugar in Prussia, and later in France under Napoleon. [38] Beet sugar was a German invention, since, in 1747, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf announced the discovery of sugar in beets and devised a method using alcohol to extract ...

  7. Sugarcane - Wikipedia

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    Sugarcane accounts for 79% of sugar produced globally (most of the rest is made from sugar beets). About 70% of the sugar produced comes from Saccharum officinarum and its hybrids. [7] All sugarcane species can interbreed, and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids. [8] White sugar is produced from sugarcane in specialized mill ...

  8. Molasses - Wikipedia

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    Molasses (/ m ə ˈ l æ s ɪ z, m oʊ-/) [1] is a viscous byproduct, principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction and age of the plant. Sugarcane molasses is usually used to sweeten and flavour foods. Molasses is a major constituent of fine ...

  9. White sugar - Wikipedia

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    White sugars produced from sugar cane and sugar beet are chemically indistinguishable: it is possible, however, to identify its origin through a carbon-13 analysis. [ 1 ] White sugar (and some brown sugar) produced from sugar cane may be refined using bone char by a few sugar cane refiners. [ 3 ]