stackyFACTSThe sugar industry is secretly driven by root vegetables. While tropical sugarcane gets all the marketing, the humble sugar beet produces an identical white crystal when processed. Half the baked goods you consume are secretly sweetened by underground tubers posing as exotic cane.
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