Sugar beet
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.
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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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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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