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The sugar industry subsumes the production, processing and marketing of sugars (mostly sucrose and fructose). Globally, about 80% of sugar is extracted from sugar cane, grown predominantly in the tropics, and 20% from sugar beet, grown mostly in temperate climate in North America or Europe.
Documents show that in the '60s, the sugar industry funded Harvard researchers who, examining risk factors of heart disease, dismissed concerns about sugar and doubled down on the dangers of...
The sugar industry of the United States produces sugarcane and sugar beets, operates sugar refineries, and produces and markets refined sugars, sugar-sweetened goods, and other products. The United States is among the world's largest sugar producers. Unlike most other sugar producing countries, the United States has both large and well ...
From its earliest beginnings, growing sugar has been a family business. Learn more about the sugar industry and its impact on agriculture.
Sugar is almost completely extracted from two crops – sugar cane and sugar beet. Some two billion metric tons of sugar cane were produced worldwide in 2022, of which more than 724 million...
Sugar Industry, the international journal with news about sugar beet and sugar cane growing, processing and refining, and biofuels industries.
See the latest Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook report. U.S. 2024/25 Sugar Supply Increased; Mexico’s 2023/24 Sugar Imports Raised
The global sugar market size was estimated at USD 66.39 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.5% from 2024 to 2030. The increasing global population leads to a higher demand for sugar as it is a key ingredient in many food and beverage products.
Today, Brazil is once again the leading sugar producer in the world, followed by India, the EU, China, Thailand, and then the USA. Brazil, India, and Thailand grow almost exclusively sugar cane, while the EU is predominantly sugar beet, the US is about 50%, and China is 20% sugar beet.
As the U.S. gained imperial power over Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after 1898, it also build a strong beet sugar industry.