Sugar is a common part of Americans' nutritional intake. Here's how sugar is created, starting with how it's produced on ...

Just glance at grocery store aisles and the prominent role of sweeteners becomes evident. From the many kinds of bulk sugars for sale, to the world of diet sodas, and the unsuspecting sweeteners ...

One of the earliest references to sugar we have dates to 510BC, when Emperor Darius I of what was then Persia invaded India.

• While sugar cane accounts for half of the sugar produced in the U.S. each year, the other half comes from sugar beets, white root vegetables that weigh two to five pounds each. • California’s ...