What is Sugar beet?
{{Taxobox | name = Sugar beet | image = SugarBeet.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Two sugar beets - the one on the left has been selectively bred to be smoother than the traditional beet, so that it traps less soil. | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] | familia = [[Amaranthaceae]] | genus = ''[[Beta (plant)|Beta]]'' | species = '''''B. vulgaris''''' | binomial = ''Beta vulgaris'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] }} '''Sugar beet''' is a [[plant]]. Its [[root]]s contain a high amount of [[sucrose]]. This can be made into [[sugar]]. Sugar beets are grown for sugar. The sugar beet is related to [[chard]]. The biggest producers of sugar beet are the [[European Union]], the [[United States]] and [[Russia]]. 30% of the world sugar production is from sugar beets. {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Amaranthaceae]]