Sugar Basics
Find out what it is; where it comes from; and more about this simple, functional ingredient.
Learn MoreTom Astrup
American Crystal Sugar Company, Chairman
Matt Hoffman
Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida, Vice Chairman
P. Courtney Gaine
Sugar Association, Inc., President & CEO
Erik Benson
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Pepe Fanjul, Jr.
American Sugar Refining, Inc. and Osceola Farms Company
Paul Fry
Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative
Mike Gorrell
U.S. Sugar Savannah Refinery, Chairman
Mike Greear
Wyoming Sugar Company
Adam Herford
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
LaMar Isaak
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Fran Malecha
The Amalgamated Sugar Company
Ken McDuffie
U.S. Sugar Corporation
Peter O’Malley
American Sugar Refining, Inc.
Rodney Perry
Western Sugar Cooperative
Paul Schlagel
American Sugarbeet Growers Association
Parks Shackelford
Florida Crystals and Okeelanta Corporation
Jim Simon
American Sugar Cane League
Rob Sproull
American Sugar Refining, Inc.
David Thibodeaux
American Sugar Cane League
John Whaley
Michigan Sugar Company
Find out what it is; where it comes from; and more about this simple, functional ingredient.
Learn MoreAll 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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