How can you separate sugar from sugar beets?

They are peeled, crushed, their juice extracted (the solid parts became cattle fodder), squeezed, boiled down, and the water evaporated until dry 'crystals' are left. The crystal form of the sugar is...

In 1744, a German chemist discovered that sugar from sugar beets was the same as sugar from sugar cane

Sugar beets can be turned into beet sugar

1) Slice the sugar beets into cubes or large thin slices 2) Boil the beets in the water until the water looks the consistency of tea 3) Strain the beet chunks out of the water 4) Boil the beet...

You first wash the cane/sugar beet. Then you crush them to get as much juice out as possible. This juice contains a lot of sugar, but at this stage there is also a lot of water (hence why it is juice...