Sugar beet
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A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common
Sugar beet, illustration of root, leaf, and flowering patterns
A geneticist evaluates sugar beet plants
French sugar beet mill in operation in the 1840s
A sugar beet farm in Switzerland
Molasses
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Molasses is a viscous byproduct principally obtained from the refining of sugarcane or sugar beet juice into sugar. Molasses varies in the amount of sugar, the method of extraction, and the age of the
Sugar beet
…and mainly composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin, is used in animal feed. The byproducts of the sugar beet crop, such as pulp and molasses, add another 10% to the value of the harvest. Sugar beets grow exclusively in the temperate zone, in contrast to sugarcane, which grows exclusively in…
Blackstrap molasses
A bottle of molasses
Pomegranate molasses