Re: Re: Mustard ...... Beets

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on 2/3/2005 6:17 AM, kayellr at karenlruss@... wrote:

I did google " how sugar is made " and the sites I got did not differentiate

the type of beet so thanks for straightening this out. Good to know as V-8

is a staple in this house and one of the " eight " is beets. In fact beets

are probably overlooked as a veggie and as most here know one of my mantras

is " variety, variety, variety " (in fruits and veggies).

> Francesca,

>

> Beet sugar is made from sugar beets - quite a different plant than the

> basic red produce section beet, and much higher in sugar to begin with

> (plus pretty devoid of flavor). And, like sugar cane, they go through

> considerable processing to get the sugar out. (See link) I'm sure if

> someone wanted to they could extract sugar from carrots, hardly a

> reason to write off carrots.

>

> http://www.sucrose.com/lbeet.html - notice the pale color compared to

> the pigment filled (anti-oxidant filled) red beet.

>

>

>> Hmmmm. sugar is made from beets. Sounds like a good reason not to

> overload

>> on beets?

>>