Increasing Awareness of Sugar’s Origin

“In 2018, less than a third (only 29 percent!) of consumers viewed “table sugar” as naturally occurring. However, fast-forward to 2021, and this number has nearly doubled, with more than half (54 percent) of consumers believing “table sugar’ to be naturally occurring, suggesting people are more familiar with sugar’s origin. And when asked about real sugar, beet sugar and cane sugar, the numbers get even larger, with 80, 69 and 85 percent of consumers, respectively, connect these terns to their natural origins.”

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