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beetAny of several plants belonging to the goosefoot family, used as food crops. One variety of the common beet (Beta vulgaris) is used to produce sugar and another, the mangelwurzel, is grown as a cattle feed. The beetroot, or red beet (B. rubra), is a salad plant. (Genus Beta, family Chenopodiaceae.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| George Weston, bossof AB Foods (up 41/2p at 845p), believes the company's experience in southernChina combined with its skills as the lowest-cost beet sugar producer in Europewill mean improvements are introduced 'quickly and efficiently'. Expert practitioner Asadi gives chemists, technologists, students, researchers and farmers the basics on beet-sugar technology, farming and processing, laboratory testing and the basic science and mathematics necessary to a full understanding of what beet sugar is and does. Holly Sugar's primary operations include two beet sugar factories, located in Brawley and |
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