Types of Sugar
A Crash Course on the Many Types of Sugar
All sugar is made by first extracting sugar juice from sugar beet or sugar cane plants, and from there, many types of sugar can be produced.
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Sugar’s Role in Food
Think Beyond Sweetness
Sugar can give foods the sweet taste we know and love—but there’s much more to it.
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Our Story
There’s More to Sugar
Sugar beet and sugar cane farmers are growing nature’s oldest sweetener, and our association is growing awareness and confidence in sugar.
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How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar?

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Farm to Table

Sugar’s Path from Farm to Table

Sugar's story starts in the field.

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How Much Sugar Are We Eating?

Facts About Sugar Intake

For the past 20 years, added sugars consumption has been on a significant decline in the United States.

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How many U.S. states have sugar beet farms?

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Farmer Profiles

Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA

Kenneth has dedicated his life to the sugar cane industry, and to better communicating what makes sugar such an important, and enjoyable, part of people’s lives.

Farmer Profiles

A Way of Life: Laura Rutherford, North Dakota

First things first, Laura Rutherford is proud to be a sugar beet farmer. And while that in and of itself speaks to her dedication to and passion for an industry that’s a vital part of American agriculture, there is a lot more to Laura’s story.

Farmer Profiles

Joel Gasper, Crookston, Minnesota

Joel wasn’t just born into sugar beet farming, he was a mere 16 years old when he bought his first shares in the American Crystal Sugar Company.

A Crash Course on the Many Types of Sugar

Think Beyond Sweetness

There’s More to Sugar

How many calories are in a teaspoon of sugar?

Sugar’s Path from Farm to Table

Facts About Sugar Intake

How many U.S. states have sugar beet farms?

For Educators

For Media

For Healthcare

For Families

Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA

A Way of Life: Laura Rutherford, North Dakota

Joel Gasper, Crookston, Minnesota