Sugar Beet
Refined sugar from sugar beet is sucrose, a caloric sweetener. Excess added sugars are linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
What it is
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris cultivated for its high sucrose content; refined into white sugar.
Source of crystalline sucrose (table sugar); chemically identical to cane sugar after refining.
Why it's flagged
- added sugar
- linked to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease
What regulators actually say
"Sucrose is the chemical β-D-fructofuranosyl-α-D-glucopyranoside... obtained by crystallization from sugarcane or sugarbeet juice."
"Limit added sugars to less than 10 percent of calories per day starting at age 2."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
GRAS as sucrose, 21 CFR 184.1854; added sugars labeling required.
European Union — EFSA
Permitted; defined under Council Directive 2001/111/EC on sugars.
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