BEET SUGAR

• Sugar that is processed directly or indirectly from sugar beets, sugar beet molasses or in-process beet sugar

CANE SUGAR

• Sugar derived directly or indirectly from sugarcane, including sugarcane molasses

RAW SUGAR

• Any sugar not suitable for human consumption without further refinement

REFINING FACILITY

• Facility that processes raw sugar or imported molasses into refined sugar

• Sugar production creates 14,324 jobs in ND

• The average sugar beet weighs 2 lbs. and contains 5 oz. of sugar

• It takes 40 two (2) lb. beets to make a 10-lb bag of sugar

• Sugar has 15 calories per teaspoon

• Sugar generates $20 billion in economic activity for the U.S.

• Over 1 ton of sugar is produced per minute

• 120 countries produce sugar

• Sugar prices in the US are lower today than 30 yrs ago, yet the price of a candy bar has increased 300% over that time

• Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative tare lab analyzes up to 55,000 sugar beet samples per harvest

• MDFC processes up to 12,000 tons of beets per day and produces 3,500,000 pounds of sugar per day