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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
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Subject: Re: sugarless recipe (really: the gummit strikes again)
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 14:52:03 EDT
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> ...   The actual sugar cane or beet has been approximately
> 95% eliminated from the resulting granulated sugar.
> Maybe you need to find out what they do to the stuff in between the
> farmers' harvest and the time you put it in your mouth.
> Do you realize that about 4 pounds of sugar beets go into making about
> 2 teaspoons of granulated sugar?  Would you want to eat 4 pounds of
> sugar beets with your coffee in the morning?
> 
I grew up in an area that grew sugar beets.  The rage at that time
was to get beets that had >15% sugar content.  The hope was to do
better than 20% someday.  Are you sure your percents are right?

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