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beet sugar

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beet sugar: see beet beet, biennial or annual root vegetable of the family Chenopodiaceae ( goosefoot family). The beet (Beta vulgaris) has been cultivated since pre-Christian times.
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beet sugar
the sucrose obtained from sugar beet, identical in composition to cane sugar

beet sugar [′bēt ‚shu̇g·ər]
(food engineering)
Sugar made from sugarbeets by crystallization of the syrup extracted from the roots.


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A sweetener made from beet sugar that lends stability and heat resistance to recipes.
Among sweeteners that encourage the growth of acidic plaque are barley malt, beet sugar, brown sugar, cane sugar, date sugar, fructose, fruit juice, honey, malt syrup, raw sugar, sorbitol, turbinado sugar and a host of other "natural sugars.
9 cents per pound for beet sugar and 18 cents for cane sugar, while the world spot price for raw cane sugar is currently about 10 cents per pound.
 
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