Homeland sugar India, where he is known for 2300 years and was known as Hindu-Sak-kara sweet, in Russian and other European languages borrowed by Arabic. In Europe sugar was known to the Romans. Brown sugar grains were prepared from the juice of sugar cane and imported to Europe from Indii.Egipet Province of the Roman Empire, was a mediator in trade with India. Later sugar cane appeared in Sicily and southern Spain, but with the fall of the Roman Empire, this tradition has been lost.
The history of sugar in Russia begins with about 11-12 centuries. When sugar first brought in, try it could only Prince and his entourage. The first Russian Sugar House was opened by Peter I in the beginning of XVIII century, and raw material for sugar imported from abroad. In 1802 was to establish the production of sugar from domestic raw sugar beet first near Tula, and then in many parts of the country.
Refined sugar in the form of cube was invented in 1843 in the Czech Republic. Inventor of the Swiss Jacob Christoph Rad was the managing sugar factory in Dačice. In the place where the sugar factory, now a monument to white cube, symbolizing the refined sugar.
First place in the world in production and export of sugar is Cuba.
Set fire to a sugar succeed if sypnut to place the ignition a bit of ash, as the latter contains salt litiyakataliziruyuschie combustion of sucrose.
Sugar, sugar (1cm cubes) completely dissolved in a glass with water for 11-24 seconds without mixing water.
