beet

Example Sentences

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Food companies started replacing it with cane or beet sugar more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

"Once upon a time potatoes and sugar beet weren't grown here and now they're one of the main crops in the area," said Sarah-Jane Taylor.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

In a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers found that sugar beet pulp could help farmers cut down on synthetic pesticide use.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

The rice field is surrounded by potato, onion and beet crops, which are still the thriving staples here.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

And beet sugar colored by new processes was now outselling cane sugar from the Caribbean.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson