Sugar The sugar contents of common fruits and vegetables are presented in Table 1. The fructose to fructose plus glucose ratio is calculated by including the fructose and glucose coming from the sucrose. Due to rising demand, sugar production in general increased some 14% over the period 2009 to 2018. The largest importers were China, Indonesia, and the United States. In 2016, global production of sugar beets was 277 million tonnes, led by Russia with 19% of the world total (table). The sugar beet became a major source of sugar in the 19th century when methods for extracting the sugar became
Little Sugar Creek Greenway Creek being perhaps the most prominent. The name of Little Sugar Creek (which has also been called Sugar Creek, a name that has also been applied to what is now called Irwin Creek) derives from the Sugaree tribe indigenous to the area. Running through some of Charlotte's oldest neighborhoods, over time parts of the stream became hidden by houses, factories, parking lots, riprap, highways, and culverts. Over time, Little Sugar Creek also became very polluted by runoff from factories and sewers, and litter. As recently as 2000 Little Sugar Creek was "the most polluted stream in Charlotte-Mecklenburg, a fetid stew