Sugar beets are the principal source of sugar outside of the tropical areas of the world, where sugarcane is used. Although beets were used for many centuries as food and animal feed, beets for sugar are a relatively recent development. In 1747, Robert Marggraf, a chemist in Berlin, discovered a small amount of sugar in the juice of beets, but thought that there wasn't enough sugar to warrant developing the
techniques needed to extract it. Fifty years later, a student of Marggraf's, Mr. Archard, re- kindled the search for extraction techniques, and the development of beets with higher sugar content. His efforts were effective and he founded the first beet sugar factory, in 1802 in Kunern, Germany.
Sugar beets are the principal source of sugar outside of the tropical areas of the world, where sugarcane is used. Although beets were used for many centuries as food and animal feed, beets for sugar are a relatively recent development. In 1747, Robert Marggraf, a chemist in Berlin, discovered a small amount of sugar in the juice of beets, but thought that there wasn't enough sugar to warrant developing thetechniques needed to extract it. Fifty years later, a student of Marggraf's, Mr. Archard, re- kindled the search for extraction techniques, and the development of beets with higher sugar content. His efforts were effective and he founded the first beet sugar factory, in 1802 in Kunern, Germany.
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