Awesome! I wondered if they were still producing sugar in the USA. It certainly is better for you than high fructose corn syrup - in moderation of course!
@marlboromaam ooh...you stepped into a major debate in Florida about how Big Sugar gets whatever they want. :-) Over simplified version is that the major sugar manufacturers farm south of Lake Okeechobee, which used to be a critical part of the Everglades. The run off from the chemicals pollutes the Lake. Canals were built nearly 100 years ago leading to the Atlantic and Gulf. Discharges from the Lake pollute the rivers, causing algae blooms and environmental damage. Sugar was paid big dollars to come to Florida and ruled the government for a long time. I am not in the middle of all this debate to say if that is still true. Obviously, they still wield much power. Some of their land is going back towards Everglades restoration.
On another note, my son's friend recently went to work for a sugar company in Colorado. They make beet sugar there!
@danette Interesting information. I have read about so many bad health problems caused by high fructose corn syrup and the sugar substitutes (with a few exceptions - like honey, stevia and maybe one or two more), that I was beginning to wonder if anything was manufactured with real sugar anymore. I've never been a big sweets eater or drinker, but please don't give me a piece of pie or cake sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. It seems to be in more foods than sweets too.
On another note, I have been a big fan of Tupelo honey for three decades now. I still have a 10-plus year old jar in the cupboard and it's true!!! It never crystalizes and turns to sugar. Still delightful and golden. Anything I bake, is baked with Tupelo honey substituted for sugar. I still love the movie about it - starring Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold. Getting hard to find and a lot more expensive than it was 30 years ago when I could buy it in a 5-gallon jug for $60. Made from the blooms of the tupelo trees with the lowest dextrose rating of any honey - even diabetics could have a little Tupelo.
@marlboromaam to me, it is shocking how much "sugar" is in everything, but most of those ingredients have other names. Makes it difficult for people who do have some difficulties.
On another note, my son's friend recently went to work for a sugar company in Colorado. They make beet sugar there!
On another note, I have been a big fan of Tupelo honey for three decades now. I still have a 10-plus year old jar in the cupboard and it's true!!! It never crystalizes and turns to sugar. Still delightful and golden. Anything I bake, is baked with Tupelo honey substituted for sugar. I still love the movie about it - starring Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold. Getting hard to find and a lot more expensive than it was 30 years ago when I could buy it in a 5-gallon jug for $60. Made from the blooms of the tupelo trees with the lowest dextrose rating of any honey - even diabetics could have a little Tupelo.