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Alexander the Great discovers sugar cane in 327 BC, 

then spreads it through Persia and introduces it in the 

Mediterranean.

Boiling houses in the 17th through 19th centuries 

converted sugarcane juice into raw sugar.

Carbohydrates can be found from three 

sources: sugar, fiber, and starch. Carbohydrates 

are necessary for human and animal survival as 

the building blocks of cells.

There are 37 different species of 

sugarcane and they all crossbreed with 

one another.

Eighty percent of the world’s sugar 

production comes from sugarcane, while the 

other twenty percent comes from sugar 

beets.

Falernum, molasses, rum, cachaça, bagasse, and 

ethanol are other products that come from 

sugarcane.

Sugarcane is a species of grass native to 

Southeast Asia that grows best in tropical or 

subtropical regions.

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Honey was used to sweeten foods before sugar 

became more widely available in the 18th 

Century.

If the top part of the sugar cane is cut but the 

roots remain intact, the plant will regrow from 

where it was cut. It can take 6 to 24 months for 

the plant to grow to maturity.

Sugar cane has a number of jointed stalks 

that reach 10 to 24 feet (3 to 7 meters) 

high and bear long, sword-shaped leaves.

The average person consumes 24 kilograms 

of sugar each year. 

Sugarcane is the world’s largest crop. 168 million tons 

of sugar was produced around the world in 2011.

Millions of slaves and indentured laborers were brought 

into the Caribbean and the Americas from the Indian 

Ocean colonies, Southeast Asia, Pacific Islands, and 

East Africa and Natal to work in the sugarcane 

plantations.

Sugar’s name originated from the Sanskrit 

word “Sharkara,” which means “material 

in a granule form.”

Other members of the grass family that the 

sugar cane plant is related to are corn, 

wheat, and rice.

In sugar production the sugarcane must be crushed to 

extract the juice. The juice is collected, filtered and 

sometimes treated and then boiled to remove the excess 

water.

A quick remedy for a sore throat or cold is 

sugarcane juice.

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