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How are sugar beets processed?

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Obnoxious only in its omnipresence, it's the smell of money, according to everyone from the CEO of Monitor Sugar Company to an administrative assistant at the Michigan Sugar Company's Caro plant. read more

Ten pounds of sugar beets yields about 1 cup of sugar. Slice the beets into 1/4-inch-thick slices and rinse them under cool running water. Arrange the slices in an even layer on a plate lined with a couple of moist paper towels; then cover them with a couple more layers of moist paper towels. read more

How Beet Sugar is Made - the Basic Story. White beet sugar is made from the beets in a single process, rather than the two steps involved with cane sugar. read more

Beets are brought from the various farms to our receiving locations where the beets are weighed, sampled, unloaded, and placed into storage. In order to insure that the beets retain their sugar content, beets are piled below 55 degrees in order to keep the piles cool, and prevent sugar loss in the beets. read more

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