Talk:Sugar beet
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US sugar industry
I'm not competent to write about this (and have no axe to grind), but it is my understanding that the sugar-beet industry in the US has received special protection from cane sugar imports with the results that
- US sugar prices are the highest in the world
- third-world sugar producers are blocked from the largest market in the world
- many US-made products are sweetened with corn syrup instead of either beet or cane sugar
And many U.S. candy producers are moving out of the country. Also it appears that the tariffs protect all sugars - cane sugar, maple sugar and beet sugar. Time magazine in Feb 2002 said tariff went as high as 242% in some cases and that U.S. sugar prices are keep at three times the world market rate. -rmhermen
Excuse me?
Alright, guys, decent article but what is with this line:
"Some people do not think that sugar beets exist"
Does that need to be there - is there really a debate over the existence of sugar beets? -- User:Episcopo 02:15, 7 Sep 2004 Episcopo
- The offending line was deleted on the 9 Sep 2004 -- Solipsist 21:28, 30 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Too much chemistry
Shimmin, you've rewritten it a lot and it is now probably too specialised. We are not here to write a text bok on the chemistry of sugar beet processing. You have also removed the sense of Milk of lime and Carbon Dioxide being added simultaneously to the raw juice which is the case in most UK and USA processing. GraemeLeggett 08:04, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- My handbook indicates a residence time of 5-15 minutes in two liming stages before the first carbonation. As for the chemistry, I don't feel that it is any more specialized than other technical info that was here before I got here (residence time in the diffuser, names and geometries of specific versions of the diffusion stage ...), and I do feel the mention of what compounds the carbonatation process knocks out adds value to the interested, and is brief enough that the disinterested can gloss onward. But as always, if you disagree, be bold. Shimmin 12:00, Apr 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Sounds like either the DDS or RT liming schemes, see Carbonatation where the chemistry would be better served. GraemeLeggett 12:30, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)