Did you know that one-third of the world’s sugar supply comes not from sugar cane

healthydailymail.com Did you know that one-third of the world’s sugar supply comes not from sugar cane, but from a special variety of beets known as the sugar beet? Beets also have the distinction of being very rich in red pigment, and they’ll stain your hands if you’re not careful. In fact, borscht, a traditional Russian soup, is colored red with beet juice… 

Beets are both sweet and earthy tasting and pair well with other root vegetables as well as with tangy-sweet fruits like pineapple.

While most beets are deep red in color, there are a number of beet varieties that range in color from white to yellow to red.

There’s even one variety, known as the Chioggia beet, which has red and white concentric rings.

Beets come to us from the Chenopodiaceae family and are related botanically to spinach.

In fact, one variety of beets is known as the spinach, or leaf beet. It is grown for its greens, which are actually more nutritious than the root itself.

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