2006-07-29 20:33:06 · 12 answers · asked by not so straight chick 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's mainly produced from sugercane or sugar beet fruits .. they juice them then purify then get biled with water under certain tempreatures and crystallizing techniques to become in a crystal form .. then ground with special machines to form rough or smooth size crystalls . and packed in different packs .. that's all ..
2006-07-29 22:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by ohwaw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Common sugar, usually called "table sugar," is crystallized sucrose. The two major sources of sucrose are sugarcane and sugar beets.
Sugar beets grow best in moderate and cooler climates, sugarcane in semitropical areas.
Sugar was one of the most important exports from the new world during colonial days and even after the formation of the nation.
Juice is squeezed from the vegetable, heated, and allowed to crystallize. The crystals are further processed to a granulated form for table use and "powdered sugar" for pastry use.
Sugar was unknown in Europe until it was imported by the Arab people who colonized Sicily and most of Spain after the Crusades. Until then, Europeans relied on honey to sweeten their food.
"Triangular trade" was made possible by the production of sugar in the Caribbean. Manufactured products were taken to Africa (first leg of triangle), where they were traded for slaves, who were shipped to the Caribbean and trained for plantation work (second leg), having traded the slaves for sugar and its products (rum, molasses, etc.), the ships would head back to Europe (third leg) to sell the sugar products and buy more items to trade in Africa.
Had it not been for sugar and its value in Europe, the slave trade might not have been as lucrative as it was. Ironically, the EU is now the worlds largest exporter of sugar.
2006-07-30 03:55:51 · answer #2 · answered by Goethe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are 2 plants that are high in sugar and usually used to make sugar, either sugar cane or sugar beet.
2006-07-30 03:38:57 · answer #3 · answered by atlantisflicka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from sugarcane by extracting it's juice and then heating it to get cubes of sugar
2006-07-30 05:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by ANGEL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God makes it, via a sugarcane plant, found abundantly in Hawaii
2006-07-30 03:37:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you don't want to know! lets just say it was featured on dirtiest jobs the other night. gross! thank goodness i don't use sugar anyway.
2006-07-30 03:41:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from sugar cane or sugar beet.
2006-07-30 03:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by jay-z 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from a plant called a sugarcane
2006-07-30 03:36:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yr mom
2006-07-30 03:35:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sucrose.com/learn.html
2006-07-30 03:40:09 · answer #10 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋