Beet sugar is sugar extracted from the sugar beet, a cultivated variety of Beta vulgaris bred for a high concentration of sucrose in its root, and serves as the main alternative to cane sugar in temperate climates unsuited to growing sugarcane. The sugar beet root is roughly seventy-five percent water and about twenty percent sugar by weight, though actual sugar content varies between twelve and twenty-one percent depending on the cultivar and growing conditions. Russia and Germany were the largest producers of sugar beets as of 2024 global production figures, reflecting the crop's continuing importance to sugar supply in cooler agricultural regions.
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