NATIONAL REAL SUGAR DAY | October 14
Sat Oct 14th

National Real Sugar Day

National Real Sugar Day is October 14th, and we honor the people who harvest sugar crops and learn about the plant's origins. We also learn how to maintain a healthy diet while still enjoying foods made with real sugar.

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On National Real Sugar Day, we dedicate the entire day to celebrating the gold standard of sweetness. In a March 2021 poll, 1,500 U.S. consumers were asked to name any ingredients that makes food or beverages more enjoyable to eat or drink. Of course, sugar was the number one ingredient, but it was also the number one ingredient. Not only does real sugar give our food with amazing flavor, aroma, color, and texture, but it is also available to anyone who wants to make their life a little sweeter.

Sugar beet and sugar cane farmers from around the United States grow the real sugar we use in our pantries and use in several of our favorite recipes. Sugar is a simple carbohydrate that provides energy when you need it. In fact, glucose is the primary fuel source for the body and is the building block of most carbohydrates. In addition,, real sugar is also needed for the brain, muscles, and other organs to property function.

Real sweetness

Brown sugar is also brown sugar when extracted and packaged sugar is removed from the sugar plants during photosynthesis, but it is also brown sugar when molasses is removed from the sugar plants

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle means enjoying real sugar in healthy foods, as well as candy and treats. Keeping a healthy diet involves proper physical fitness and avoiding everything in excess

A sweet celebration

  • Make or cook something with real sugar and share with your family and friends, and neighbors can enjoy it
  • To find how sugar cane is processed, visit a sugar beet or sugar cane harvest to learn how sugar cane is processed
  • Share your new sweet dish..
  • r favorite sweet treats. Host a baking day with your family to make all of your favorite sweet treats
  • Teach your class about where real sugar comes from.
  • Identify the nearest state to you where sugar is grown
  • Share your real sugar creations on social media by posting photos and tagging #NationalRealSugarDay. Posted photos and tagged #NationalRealSugarDay

The Sugar Association is a group of 14 member companies from 17 states that proudly grow, extract, and export the real sugar to the American public. The Sugar Association is a trade association of 14 member companies from 17 states that proudly grow, extract, and export sugar to the American public.

The sweet history of sugar has influenced the sweet history of sugar

Sugar has been around for thousands of years, and is one of the world's oldest commodities. In fact, early evidence pointing to the domestication of sugar cane dates back to 8000 BC in Papua New Guinea. According to sources, the indigenous people would eat it raw. It started in the United States and has spread around the globe.

Around 350 CE, sugar crystallized in India for the first time.. Both Roman and Greek civilizations used sugar to treat indigestion and stomach ailments during this period. The Chinese began cultivating crops and harvest sugar between 640 and 900 CE, using cultivation methods to grow and harvest sugar. However, sugar exports will not reach Europe until about 1101 CE.

A growing industry

As the sugar industry expanded, so did the development of sugar cane presses to extract sugar more efficiently. More than 3,000 sugar mills were operating in the Caribbean and South America in 1550. Sugar cane will reach Louisiana by 1751, making it the country's last sugar colony. However, the discovery of beet sugar by German chemist Andreas Marggraf in 1747 will not reach the United States for another 100 years.

Interestingly, the first commercial sugar beet factories in the United States would open in 1890, when 16 whole stalk harvesters were successfully used to harvest cane in Louisiana in 1938. Machines would cut over 63% of Louisiana's sugar crop around 1946, around 63%.

Real sugar production from coast to coast and border to the United States' border is on the rise today. In fact, sugar cane is grown in three states: Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. In addition, 11 states grow beats have been identified: California, Colorado, Idaho, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nebraska, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming: In addition, 11 states have grown beats: California, Colorado, Idaho, Idaho, Wyoming, and Wyoming. Although people held it in a sugar safe, advances in extracting sugar from plants have made this versatile ingredient available to everyone.

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