A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and which is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it...
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Sucrose (redirect from Beet sugar)
sugarcane or sugar beet. Sugar mills – typically located in tropical regions near where sugarcane is grown – crush the cane and produce raw sugar which is...
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A beet sugar factory, or sugar factory, is a type of production facility that produces sugar from sugar beets. Nowadays, most sugar factories also act...
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Beta vulgaris (redirect from Beet plant)
cultivar groups: the sugar beet, of greatest importance to produce table sugar; the root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet; the leaf vegetable...
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British Sugar plc is a subsidiary of Associated British Foods and the sole British producer of sugar from sugar beet, as well as medicinal cannabis. British...
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sugars. Sucrose is especially concentrated in sugarcane and sugar beet, making them ideal for efficient commercial extraction to make refined sugar....
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Beetroot (redirect from Beet greens)
(called beet greens); they have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group. Other cultivars of the same species include the sugar beet, the...
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The sugar industry of the United States produces sugarcane and sugar beets, operates sugar refineries, and produces and markets refined sugars, sugar-sweetened...
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world. The development of beet sugar, high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners in the 19th and 20th centuries. Sugar was first produced from sugarcane...
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sugar beet is a sugar beet that has been genetically engineered by the direct modification of its genome using biotechnology. Commercialized GM sugar...
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A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or sugar extracted from beets into white refined sugar. Cane sugar mills traditionally...
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extracted from sugar cane (~80% predominantly in the tropics) and sugar beet (~ 20%, mostly in temperate climate, like in the U.S. or Europe). Sugar is used...
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White sugar, also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, is a commonly used type of sugar, made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, which...
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Molasses (category Types of sugar)
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...
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Beet pulp is a byproduct from the processing of sugar beet which is used as fodder for horses and other livestock. Beet pulp is the fibrous material left...
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The Utah-Idaho Sugar Company was a large sugar beet processing company based in Utah. It was owned and controlled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
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A Sugarbeet harvester is an agricultural machine for harvesting sugar beet. It was invented by German farmer and agricultural engineer Otto Wilke in 1927...
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maltose and 30% complex carbohydrate Barley sugar – similar to hard caramel Beet sugar – made from sugar beets, contains a high concentration of sucrose...
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subsidiary build their first sugar beet processing plant, opening on November 21, 1901. The first year was a failure, both for beet quality and problems at...
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The Amalgamated Sugar Company is an American sugar beet-refining company run on a cooperative basis. It was founded in 1897 in Ogden, Utah, and is now...
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in the Red River valley of Minnesota and North Dakota. As the largest beet sugar producer in the United States, the company utilizes innovative farming...
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northern Africa, and southern Asia. The sea beet is the wild ancestor of common vegetables such as beetroot, sugar beet, and Swiss chard. Its leaves have a pleasant...
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Golden syrup (category Types of sugar)
amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made by the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar. It is used in a variety of baking...
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Mangelwurzel (redirect from Fodder beet)
Beta vulgaris, the same species that also contains the red beet (beetroot) and sugar beet varieties. The cultivar group is named Crassa Group. Their large...
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Founded in 1906, Michigan Sugar sells beet sugar under the brand names Big Chief and Pioneer. Michigan Sugar operates four beet sugar factories, located in...
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Carbohydrate (redirect from Sugar chain)
and is used for almost all sugars, e.g. fructose (fruit sugar), sucrose (cane or beet sugar), ribose, lactose (milk sugar), etc. Carbohydrates perform...
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Sugarcane (redirect from Sugar Cane)
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...
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especially in Belgium and the Netherlands, sugar beet molasses is used. The white sugar used can be from either beet or cane, as the chemical composition,...
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Franz Karl Achard (category History of sugar)
physicist, and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets. Achard was born in Berlin, the son of preacher Max Guillaume Achard...
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Chard (redirect from Silver Beet)
vulgaris (Leaf Beet Group), B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris (Swiss Chard Group)). The accepted name for all beet cultivars, like chard, sugar beet and beetroot...
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