4. Sugar from Sugarbeets
The majority of the sugar that we eat, not only white sugar but also the sugar that is added to processed foods that we eat and consume every day, comes from sugar cane. However, around 35% of sugar that we consume every day comes from sugarbeets, a type of root with a high concentration of sucrose and other carbohydrates that are used as sweeteners in many recipes and food products.
Sugarbeets are highly modified, so much so that in many places of the United States their growing and distribution has been followed very closely by the law. Few people know that some of the sugar obtained from sugarbeets that we access today comes from farms that haven’t grown these plants legally, because of the GMO seeds they used. There has been quite a struggle between regulation entities, the governments, and companies pushing to legally distribute these products.