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Most sugar in my own backyard originates from beets, but I see I was wrong about it being most sugar worldwide. Wikipedia[0] gives a figure of 30% of world suga
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
Most sugar in my own backyard originates from beets, but I see I was wrong about it being most sugar worldwide. Wikipedia[0] gives a figure of 30% of world sugar for 2013.
If crude juice is extracted in Brazil and refined in Canada, I’m surprised that it is viewed as cost-effective to transport so much unneeded liquid by sea.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_beet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_beet
- Scoundreller 3y agoI could be mistaken on the form of sea transit. I just know it gets refined in Canada (which also seems like a waste: why not refine at source?). Sea transit is cheap, sugarcane grows better in the tropics than beets in cooler places. Harder to harvest below-ground stuff. Canada used to subsidize/protect sugar beet producers (to keep them competitive), but largely got out of it. Maybe that’s why we still refine it: because the plants still exist.