This World Is Constantly Getting Caned

It is something that is often Often confused for Bamboo but is totally different to it as it is one of the main providers of sugar. They are sugar canes and they have been one of the key sources of sugar for many years
By: VacationRentalPeople
 
Dec. 2, 2010 - PRLog -- Sugar canes require a lot of sun and water can be found mostly in countries with hot and tropical climates.  It takes roughly 12 months on average for the canes to reach maturity although there are parts of the world when the time fluctuates such as in Louisiana when it can take six months for them to mature.  What makes sugar canes different from relating crops is that it regrows from the roots time and time again before it gets worn out.  The canes can grow up yo three metres tall and some still bear green leaves, this can be an indicator of then being ripe but most of the time the leaves dry off by then.

It is said that 70% of Sugar in the world is produced from sugar canes whilst the remaining 30% comes from Sugar Beet.  To get the sugar from the sugar cane the juice of the cane has to Sugar actually comes from the juice of the sugar cane.  Sugar cane was first grown for the purpose of chewing in Southern Asia but is now a popular street food.  The process of sugar by boiling the cane juice was founded in India around the time of the first millennium.

Sugar cane came from New Guinea and has been there since 6000 BC and from about 1000 BC it began to move along with the human migration routes to South east Asia and India, also along the pacific.  It is said that it has hybridised with wild sugar canes of India and China which is why it there are thin canes.  Sugar canes started to spread more west between 600 – 1400 AD, it was the Arabs that were responsible for this.  They carried it with them during their conquests to the Mediterranean countries.  It was from the the Canary Island that it was transported to the South America first reaching the Dominican Republic

The main providers of Sugar cane today are India, Pakistan, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Australia, Ecuador, Cuba, the Philippines, El Salvador and Hawaii.  As these countries have a good source of sun.  So it goes to show Hawaii isn't just a good place for Maui vacation rentals as it is one of the key growers of sugar cane in the united states

There are many things that are derived from sugar canes other than sugar such as popular alcoholic beverages such as Cachaça and rum or the normal sugar cane juice that is usually mixed with fresh juices or just drank on its own.  Also syrup is made from sugar cane and also rock candy is as well which shows that there are many types of products that are derived from it and how important it is to us.

















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