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For anyone confused how grave robbing would contribute to sugar production: "In a new book, an international team of historians and archaeologists argues the b
by pinkmuffinere 3y ago
For anyone confused how grave robbing would contribute to sugar production:
"In a new book, an international team of historians and archaeologists argues the bones were depleted by industrial-scale grave robbing. The introduction of phosphates for fertilizer and bone char as an ingredient in beet sugar processing at the beginning of the 19th century transformed bones into a hot commodity. Skyrocketing prices prompted raids on mass graves across Europe—and beyond."
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y agoTo this day, most white sugar is made with animal bone char and therefore not vegan. Brown sugar is sometimes but not always vegan.
- worthless-trash 3y agoIs this case in most of the world ? I've done a walk through of a few different sugar cane based sugar mills and seen the use of some coal based carbon ( calcium carbonate , if memory serves correctly) and this was back as early as 1990). Brown sugar is white sugar with molasses, or at least it is in Australia. If your white sugar isn't vegan, your brown sugar is not either.