The largest sugar-producing countries are Brazil, India, China, Thailand, and the U.S. Sugar can be extracted from either ...

Consumers are increasingly scrutinizing sugar types, comparing cane and beet sugar due to health and ethical concerns. While ...

A century ago, Colorado’s economy depended on the sugar beet. The white root vegetable was the biggest engine of the state economy for much of the 20th century. At the peak of the sugar rush, as many ...

• While sugar cane accounts for half of the sugar produced in the U.S. each year, the other half comes from sugar beets, white root vegetables that weigh two to five pounds each. • California’s ...