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Sugar beets are a root crop, and flourish in temperate climates where the growing season is about five months long. A mature sugar beet is about one foot long, weighs two to five pounds, and contains about 18% sucrose, which is concentrated in its taproot.
The root of the sugar beet plant is used to produce beet sugar. Sugar cane is a grass and is grown above ground. This may seem inconsequential, but there is no way to completely remove the impurities that are present in beet sugar. No matter how well they wash the beet roots, minuscule impurities remain.