What Is Sugar?
What Is Sugar?
Let’s take a closer look at sugar to understand what it is from the most fundamental level–its origin and structure.
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Sugar in the Context of the Total Diet
Sugar in the Context of the Total Diet
Putting Added Sugars and Sugar Intake into Perspective of the Total Diet
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Sugar Uses
Sugar Uses
Explore the many uses of sugar that go beyond sweetness and beyond food.
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History of Sugar

Making Life Sweeter Since 8000 BCE

Sugar is one of the world’s oldest documented commodities.

Sugar’s Path from Farm to Table

Sugar's story starts in the field.

Fun Facts About Sugar

For Educators

For Media

For Healthcare

Learn the Sugar Facts

For Families

Share the Sweetness

8 Tips for Making Jams and Jellies

Become an expert in delicious, gift-able fruit spreads.

Sugar’s Journey from Field to Table: Sugar Cane

Let's take a look at the process for sugar cane and how they get from the field to your kitchen pantry.

Farmer Profiles

Kenneth Gravois, LSU AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA

Kenneth has dedicated his life to the sugar cane industry, and making it an enjoyable part of people's lives.

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