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

Mr Hoyles, who is growing the olives alongside more conventional crops such as wheat, sugar beet, potatoes and peas said he had installed wind turbines and solar panels to improve energy self-sufficiency.

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

"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

The same principle applies to other foods with high PPO activity, including beet greens.

From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2025

Now beet sugar set an example of modern farming that helped convince Russian nobles that it was time to free their millions of serfs.

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