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

In the U.S., at one time the world’s leader in the making of maple syrup, production plummeted in the 20th century as the country’s population became more urban, and cane and beet sugar less expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025

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

She arranged a meeting with Mr. Ullens, a titled baron and married father of four who had recently sold his family’s beet sugar refinery for $1 billion.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023

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

Now beet sugar set an example of modern farming that helped convince Russian nobles that it was time to free their millions of serfs.

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