Sugar beet
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| Two sugar beets - the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. | |
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| Species: | B. vulgaris
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Sugar beet is a plant. Its roots contain a high amount of sucrose. This can be made into sugar. Sugar beets are grown for sugar. The sugar beet is related to chard.
The biggest producers of sugar beet are the European Union, the United States and Russia. 30% of the world sugar production is from sugar beets.
Sugar Beet Media
A geneticist evaluates sugar beet plants
French sugar beet mill in operation in the 1840s
A sugar beet farm in Switzerland
Worldwide sugar beet production in 2000
Six row Agrifac sugarbeet harvester
This bubble map shows the global distribution of sugar beet output in 2005 as a percentage of the top producer (France - 31,242,510 tonnes).*This map is consistent with incomplete set of data too as long as the top producer is known. It resolves the accessibility issues faced by colour-coded maps that may not be properly rendered in old computer screens.*Data was extracted on 18th June 2007 from
A sugar beet farm in Belgium: Beyond the field is the sugar factory.
Tuzemák, a sugar-beet-based alcohol from Czechia
Traditional Dutch stroop and the bottled version
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