Compléter How is sugar made?Version en ligne Discover how sugar is made and practice the passive voice. par Teachers Puce 1 How is sugar made ? Sugar ( make ) by some plants to store energy that they don't need straight away , rather like animals make fat . People like sugar for its sweetness and its energy so some of these plants ( grow ) commercially to extract the sugar : Sugar ( produce ) in 121 Countries and global production now exceeds 120 Million tons a year . Approximately 70% ( produce ) from sugar cane , a very tall grass with big stems which largely ( grow ) in the tropical countries . The remaining 30% ( produce ) from sugar beet , a root crop resembling a large parsnip grown mostly in the temperate zones of the north . Note . Adapted from http : / / www . sucrose . com / learn . html for educational purposes .