The Sugar Beat

August 2010- Vol. 6 Issue 8

07.31.10 - America Backs Sugar Policy, Shuns Alternatives

It's been a tough summer for groups hoping to tear down America's no-cost sugar policy and replace it with GroceryShopperseither total dependence on imports or a subsidy program built on the backs of taxpayers.  First the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said at a recent Farm Bill hearing that the current policy is working well.  And now, it looks like the American public agrees with the Chairman and isn't interested in policy alternatives.

 

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07.31.10 - Crying Wolf One year ago this month, the country’s biggest food manufacturers caused a near panic when they sentsugar_storage_150 the USDA Secretary a letter claiming that the United States would “virtually run out of sugar” if the Department didn’t immediately import more sugar.  The USDA didn’t grant their request, and a recent survey of American shoppers shows these shortages never materialized... Read More >
07.31.10 - Small to the Point of Not Mattering

According to the annual Sugar Price Survey published by the American Sugar Alliance (ASA) at thisspoonfulsugar2 week’s International Sweetener Symposium, “Even though the world recently experienced some of the biggest sugar price swings in history, and U.S. prices rose and then began a descent back to traditional levels, consumers have barely noticed.”  That’s because sugar is such a small fraction of a product’s price.  In fact, many sugar-containing products fell in price, the survey found...

 

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Papers & Testimony
Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008

Industrial sugar users in the developed world paid, on average, nine percent more for sugar than American candy makers, according to an examination of 2008 prices by Oxford, England-based LMC International. For example, the study found that wholesale sugar prices were 10 percent higher in Europe and more than double in Japan.

LMC Study: Retail and Wholesale Sugar Prices Around the World in 2008

 
USDA: Sugar Policy to Save Taxpayers $1.3 Billion

WASHINGTON—U.S. sugar policy will operate without cost to taxpayers over the next decade, just as it has since 2002, according to data released last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).


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Press

08.04.10 - Popular Food Products Switch to Sugar; Sugar Policy Keeps Supplies Stable VAIL, Colo.—The “natural” movement and the swelling list of foods and beverages switching from other sweeteners to sugar have remained big stories in the food industry this year, Ron Sterk, associate editor of Milling & Baking News and Food Business News, told the audience today at the 27th International Sweetener Symposium. Read More >

Audio & Video

Jack Roney on Fox Business

Factors Driving the Sugar Market: Jack Roney of the American Sugar Alliance on the commodity's banner year last year and where prices are headed.

American Crystal Sugar Company

American Crystal Sugar Company is a world-class agricultural cooperative specializing in the production of sugar and related agri-products.

ASA Chairman Discusses New Harris Interactive Sugar Poll

ASA Chairman James Johnson discusses Harris Interactive’s new sugar policy poll.