| Beet sugar factory | |
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 Sugar Factory in Veurne, Belgium |
A beet sugar factory, or sugar factory, is a type of production facility that produces sugar from sugar beets or alternative plants to sugarcane in making refined sugar. These factories process the beets to produce refined sugar, similar to how sugarcane is processed in other regions. The process involves several steps, including washing, slicing, and extracting the sugar content through diffusion. Nowadays, most sugar factories also act as a sugar refinery. The first beet sugar factory was built in 1802.[1][2]
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