Sugar, 100% pure and natural, only 15 calories per teaspoon. Why would anyone use something artificial?

Agronomy

Sugarbeet Facts

In the beginning...

  • First recorded record of Sugarbeets was in Egypt during the great pyramid era
  • German Scientist 1747 used a rasp, press, sulfuric acid, chalk, cows milk to attempt sugar extraction
  • Russian scientist 1799 used a rasp, press, lime, milk or blood, sulfuric acid for sugar extraction
  • First sugar factory was built in Poland in 1803
  • Typical sugar extraction of the period was ..2%
  • First US sugar factory was built in 1838

Historical Seed Events

  • U.S. Sugarbeet seed production started in 1936
  • Production states were AZ, NM, OR, UT & NV
  • Today most seed is grown in OR
  • First seed was multi-germ
  • Mono-germ seed was later developed

Sugarbeet Properties

  • 3500 Seeds (2oz) will produce about 1 ton of sugarbeet.
  • One ton of beets yields the following: