The Sugar Association

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As the scientific voice of the sugar industry, we’re here to help you get to know real sugar & understand its role in a balanced lifestyle. The U.S.

The Sugar Association is the scientific voice of the U.S. sugar industry, making a difference by responsibly supporting scientific research and sharing our knowledge to enhance consumer understanding and confidence in the role that sugar plays in a nutritious, balanced and enjoyable diet. Sugar is a carbohydrate naturally present in fruits, vegetables and even nuts. Sugar is a product of photosynt

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24/01/2025

Did you know you can also make powdered sugar at home? Excellent STEM activity for kids and also practical when you're in a pinch for ingredients! Watch this video for instructions. https://www.sugar.org/resources/video/?ultibox=1

22/01/2025

Sugar in beet roots was discovered in the mid-1700's by a German Chemist - but the oldest known beet, chard, was domesticated in 2000 B.C.E. and grown by the Greeks and the Romans.

22/01/2025

The first probable domestication of sugar was by the indigenous people of New Guinea, who chewed on sugarcane stalks.

17/01/2025

Did you know you can make brown sugar at home? This activity is perfect for young kitchen helpers and a fun way to stretch your ingredients when needed! Watch this video for instructions.

16/01/2025

Real sugar comes from sugarbeets and sugarcane grown and harvested across the U.S.

13/01/2025

Western Sugar Cooperative is made up of over 700 growers and shareholders who take pride in having a long family history in beet sugar. Some are 4th, or even 5th, generation growers who were born and raised around sugar beets. The lifestyle of hard work and long days involved in sugar beet growing has been passed down for the 100 years Western Sugar has existed. Western Sugar Cooperative

08/01/2025

Did you know that red crowned woodpeckers are drawn to snacking on sugarcane? Some species of woodpeckers have been known to peck on sugarcane stalks and drink the sugary juice!

08/01/2025

Did you know that deer are frequent snackers on sugarbeets? They will forage on the leafy green tops of sugar beets before even recognizing that the root is the preferred food!

07/01/2025

Whether it is brown sugar or white sugar it contains 15 calories in each teaspoon.

01/01/2025

Wishing a Happy New Year to all of our members, followers, and friends of the industry! May this next year bring you lots of joy, bountiful harvests, and plenty of sweetness.

30/12/2024

What’s more useful than homemade simple syrup to add to all your fun cocktails? Simple syrup is very easy to make at home and much more cost-effective than buying in-store! Try out this recipe we love.


https://www.sugar.org/blog/simple-syrup/

27/12/2024

Celebrating Hanukkah? Try out this NYTimes recipe for traditional challah! This brioche-like bread carries great significance to the Jewish faith and gets its sweetness from sugar. Challah is eaten all year round, but during religious holidays, round challah is much more popular.


https://www.sugar.org/blog/challah/

25/12/2024

comes from sugarbeets and sugarcane and is an essential ingredient to holiday cheer.

23/12/2024

Spice up your Christmas baking with one of the oldest known baking recipes that included sugar dating back to 1653 Austria, the Linzer Torte. It was historically a combination of flour, hazelnuts, eggs, vanilla, and sugar. Named after the city of Linz where it originated, this lattice-topped pastry continues to be a popular dessert in Austria and across Central Europe, especially around the holidays.


https://www.sugar.org/blog/linzer-torte/

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As the scientific voice of the sugar industry, we’re here to help you get to know nature’s 🌱 oldest sweetener & understand its role in a nutritious, balanced & enjoyable diet.

We represent nearly 142,000 sugar beet & cane growers 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾, processors & refiners throughout the United States 🇺🇸. These are the family farmers who plant, harvest & care for the sugar beets & sugar cane; the truck drivers who move the crops from the fields; the employees who work in the mills, processing plants & refineries that extract, purify & package sugar—all the people who work to get sugar from the farms to your table.

Together with our members, we work to tell sugar’s story, particularly where it comes from & how it plays a vital role in so many foods & beverages.

Sugar is the gold standard for sweetness, & people all over the globe have been consuming it for thousands of years. While sugar consumed in moderation is part of a healthy, balanced lifestyle, there is a lot of misinformation out there. That’s why we want to help you sort out the facts from the fiction & all the gray areas in between. We want to help you get to know sugar a little better. We want to empower you to make sweet yet purposeful choices, so you can confidently understand the role of sugar in the diet & enjoy nature’s oldest sweetener.

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