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Did you know you can make brown sugar at home? Just mix 1 cup of sugar with 2 tablespoons of molasses (more to taste) and you'll have the brown sugar you need!

Did you know you can make powdered sugar at home? Just add 1 cup or powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch (to prevent caking) to a blender, blend until smooth and you'll have the powdered sugar you need.

Knowing where your food comes from is an important part of helping you make smart choices. Real sugar is made by Mother Nature. It comes from plants — either from sugar beets or sugar cane.

Real sugar’s function in frozen foods goes way beyond sweetness. In frozen foods like ice cream, sugar plays a role in making the texture thick and creamy.

Sugar is a product of photosynthesis, the process plants use to turn sunlight into energy. The real sugar in your pantry is made by sugar beets and sugar cane.

In baked goods, the combination of sugar’s unique properties makes it an essential ingredient.

Did you know that the sugar you find on grocery store shelves comes directly from plants? Real sugar comes from two plants — sugar beets and sugar cane.

Ever wonder why low-fat chocolate milk tastes like whole milk? The sugar increases the thickness of the milk and also acts as a flavor balancer and enhancer for the cocoa.

Sugar is known as the gold standard for sweetness, but its other functions are just as important. There is a lot of chemistry that takes place when ingredients in a recipe are put together. Sugar plays a role in they way foods look, last and taste!

During the refining process, naturally present molasses is separated from the sugar by spinning the sugar in a centrifuge. The result is the thick, dark brown syrup you’re familiar with.

The Nutrition Facts Label found on packaged food and beverages now includes information about added sugars.

Making healthy food choices starts with knowing what’s in the food you’re eating. When it comes to packaged foods, you can tell a lot by looking at the label.

When sugar is removed from a product no single ingredient can replace its many functions.

Sugar has been incorporated in the diet of humans throughout all of time whether from fruits and vegetables or in the extracted and crystallized form you find in your pantry.

“Reduced sugar” doesn’t always mean reduced calories. Compare the labels to see what the entire nutrient package of a product is.

Real sugar is naturally white. When sugar is initially extracted from the plants, it has a golden color because of the non-sugar materials attached to and within the sugar crystals. Sugar is simply removed from the plant and washed to remove the natu read more

How do you get real sugar? From the field to your pantry, it's pretty simple: grow, harvest, wash, crystalize, spin, dry.

This fun, animated video shows how the real sugar in your pantry comes from sugar cane plants grown on the farm!

This fun, animated video shows how the real sugar in your pantry comes from sugar beet plants grown on the farm!

See how real sugar comes from beet and cane sugar farmers across the United States.

Meet the people who bring sugar from the farm to your table - talking about an industry they love, in their own words.

America's sugar beet and sugar cane farmers, processors and refiners work together to get sugar from the farm to your table. As the scientific voice of the industry, the Sugar Association represents 140,000 American farmers, producers and refiners ac read more

Photosynthesis, sunlight, water - learn how plants make the same sugar that you find in your pantry.

Pop Quiz! How well do you know sugar? Some things may surprise you. You can learn even more about sugar on our website, www.sugar.org.

There has been a lot of confusion about the role of "hidden sugars" and why sugar might be added to food in the first place.

Did you know that the sun helps plants make sugar? Real sugar is actually a product of photosynthesis. Take a look!