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How Beet Sugar is Made-the Basic Story. White beet sugar is made from the beets in a single process, rather than the two steps involved with cane sugar.ecause the beets have come from the ground they are much dirtier than sugar cane and have to be thoroughly washed and separated from any remaining beet leaves, stones and other trash material before processing. Extraction. The processing starts by slicing the beets into thin chips.
Some plants, such as sugar cane and sugar beet, accumulate high levels of sucrose and as such are used as commercial sources of sugar. A stalk of the cane plant contains about 14% sugar and sugar beets contain about 19%. Sucrose is a disaccharide, made up of the two sugar units, glucose and fructose (monosaccharides). It is present in honey, maple syrup, fruits, berries, and vegetables. It is also added to food products as crystalline sucrose (granulated, brown sugars) or in liquid form.