beet sugar

American  

noun

1. sugar from the roots of the sugar beet.

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beet sugar British  

noun

1. the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar

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Etymology

Origin of beet sugar

First recorded in 1825–35

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• beet sugar vs. cane sugar

Example Sentences

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.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 2, 2024

Canadian beet sugar has its own atrocious labor history, as University of Saskatchewan professor Ron Laliberté, York University professor Mona Oikawa and other experts have demonstrated.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2023

The cake was a heat-treated amalgam of pulverized grass seed, chicken eggs, cow milk and extracted beet sugar.

From Scientific American • Dec. 13, 2022

And then there are the GMO foods like corn and beet sugar.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

And beet sugar colored by new processes was now outselling cane sugar from the Caribbean.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson