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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to export a history of sugar related to a colonial period, since its production in Brazil, as to its planning, manufacturing process, and the bagging of the product for internal and external consumption of the country. The sugar is extracted from sugar cane or white beet. In Brazil and in most countries, sugarcane is a raw material used for consumption and sale. In Europe, white beets are more commonly used in the climate. The sugar production in recent years has undergone long changes in the harvesting process, with positive and negative results, involving the climate and a mechanized harvest, base of study also in this article.