A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop ...

Some manufacturers of beet root sugar in Europe have adopted the new process of Perier-Possoz, which we shall here describe as concisely as we can possibly do it, consistently with clearness.

People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic worms—enjoy the root vegetable, too, but as their sole food source. It's an ...

However, sugarcane products aren’t always vegan, whereas sugar beet typically is. The key difference lies in the refining process. For sugarcane, the crop is cut down, crushed, heated ...

In 2022, a company in Japan began commercially producing this ‘bacterial nanocellulose’ using a microbial fermentation process ... Hokkaido’s historic sugar beet industry.

ALMATY. Feb 7 (Interfax) - The Goldbridge International Company intends to build a sugar factory in the Atyrau region in western Kazakhstan with an annual production capacity of 144,000 tonnes.

The second largest sugar producer in France, Cristal Union, announced on Wednesday that it had produced 1.5 million metric tonnes of sugar in 2024/25.

Rachel Holloway Lloyd is believed to be the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Known for introducing beet sweetening agent as a sugar substitute, she was also the second woman to join ...

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This week, the Government refused an emergency application for the use of the neonicotinoid pesticide Cruiser SB on sugar beet – a crop which has been beset with virus yellows, a disease ...

The Government has refused to allow the emergency use of a banned pesticide on sugar beet to protect bees and other pollinators. The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar ...