INTERESTING FACTS

• One gram of sugar contains 4 calories.
• The first name given to sugar was Sarkura.
• The sugar consumed in Spain is mainly taken from sugar beet.
• The first sugar factory was set up in Alcolea.
• Napoleon encouraged the extraction of sugar from beet.
• Romans referred to sugar as Indian Salt.
• The first flavour the human being is capable of recognising is sweet.
• The brain is the main organ that benefits from the energy provided by sugar, and its consumption improves concentration capacity.
• Sugar was discovered in India and the Egyptians were the first to be able to extract sugar from cane.
• Sugar was first used in Spain in the middle Ages.
• Sugar cane is around 4500 years old.