Alum is a salt that in chemistry is a combination of an alkali metal, such as sodium, potassium, or ammonium and a trivalent metal, such as aluminum, iron, or chromium.
USDA allocates a share of the anticipated U.S. sugar market to sugar producers annually. This allotment basically determines the amount of sugar an individual company is allowed to sell that year. However, these allotments can be, and often are, adjusted based on harvest conditions.
In the U.S., about 80% of consumed sugar is produced domestically. The sugar that is imported, however, often is produced by impoverished farmers in the global south. Fair Trade Certifiedâ¢ sugar protects farmers against the volatile world marketplace, hazardous working conditions, and environmental degredation.