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Old 05-17-2007, 08:08 PM   #6
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla View Post
I think whether your sugar is beet sugar or cane depends on where you are. I grew up in beet-sugar country in the interior but I never see the stuff at all now that I live on the coasts. I figure it's the shipping costs that decide it, considering how low sugar prices are.
I've never noticed packaged sugar being labeled as to the plant source. Don't have a package in the house to check, though. Cattle love the dried pulp left over from extracting sugar from beets.
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