Sugar Industry Case Study

The Shady History of Sugar Industry Sugar has been around for centuries. In fact it can be dated as far back as 510 B.C. It was said that man first used sugar in Polynesia then spread to India then Persia, and Arab invaded Persia, and they studied how sugar was conducted. As a result of this sugar start to expands to different parts of the globe. Around the time Columbus sailed to the “New world” it was also recorded that in 1493 he took sugar cane plants to grow in the Caribbean. The soil there was so enriched that mass production was established quickly. Sugar, also known as “White gold” was such a vast profit that the government recognized this and started taxed it. Between 1781 and 1815 sugar tax has went from £326,000, to £3,000,000

The sugar industry made up rumor to sore profit and keep Americans away from certain sugars. They don’t care about Americans health. Sugar is supported by federal funding. Sugar industry paid off scientists to publish study blaming fat and cholesterol. Refined sugar paid a much higher rate than raw sugar crystal. Lobbies launched a public campaign suggests American stop eating raw sugar because of a disgusting insects that resides in raw sugar, if consumed this can cause, “grocer’s itch”. Refineries has no interest in American health, there concerns was to maximize profit from sugar

If Americans knew that sugar was unhealthy for them they wouldn’t consumed so much of it. “ In decades after civil war, American per capita consumption of sugar more than doubled, from 32 pound in 1870 to 80 pound in 1910”.(Singerman). Because of this sugar became part of the federal budget. Which cause a focus on “refined” and “raw” sugar. Which cause lobbying to created advertisement to dismay American not to eat raw sugar. Due to insect that caused aliment and caused health issues. Which show’s that sugar industry would do anything to boost profit not care about the Americans people. Secondly David Singerman is try give the American people in sight on how sugar industry operating. Singerman is show who the lobbyist, and sugar industry would do anything to boost sales rates at the cause of the Americans people health with the government stand behind them. It will take more scientists and nutrition research to prove that there product is unhealthy. Although sugar comes from a plants congress has given chemical instrument that could measure the percentage of sucrose in a sugar cargo.