Title:
Sugar
Description:

The sugar industry came of age on the backs of slaves toiling in Caribbean fields, and British desire to control production of sugar and its byproduct, rum. Sugar also played a surprisingly critical part in America's battle for independence.  MODERN MARVELS® tours a sugar plantation in Hawaii to get an inside look at how sugar is produced today, where a ton of harvested cane results in 200 pounds of raw sugar. Learn the technology behind creating the sweetener in all of its permutations, including corn syrup, brown sugar, powdered sugar and cube sugar, and how it's used in candies, soda and sauces, not to mention pipe tobacco and processed meat.

Run Time:
50 min