beet sugar
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of beet sugar
First recorded in 1825–35
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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
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
The impact fell heavily on American corporations that had massive agricultural and mineral operations on the fertile island, including Brown Brothers Harriman, whose extensive holdings included the two-hundred-thousand-acre Punta Alegre beet sugar plantation.
From Salon • Dec. 9, 2018
No one could have seen it at the time, but the invention of beet sugar was not just a challenge to cane.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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