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  • @malene4609
    @malene4609 3 роки тому +11782

    Whenever I see these "How it's made"-videos, i always end up thinking "How did whoever invented these things manage to discover it?"

    • @polaskatyu9368
      @polaskatyu9368 3 роки тому +801

      its actually fairly simple, the initial product made in a lab or a workshop, when discovered (and when its something useful) brings the next question to the table: Can we make this more efficient and larger scale? Then after that factories are created, and as technology advances, some new steps are added to make the product better for consume etc

    • @hongo3870
      @hongo3870 3 роки тому +476

      @@polaskatyu9368 you explained how they're produced, not how they're discovered.

    • @polaskatyu9368
      @polaskatyu9368 3 роки тому +429

      @@hongo3870 they are discovered by an idea, that needs to be refined. Very basic example: If I were on the 1600 and saw a sugar cane, “Could I make this crunch?”, its an idea that comes from nowhere which leads to the greatest discoveries

    • @suriyabeniwal4096
      @suriyabeniwal4096 3 роки тому +2

      ua-cam.com/video/S9AqCsR7TWg/v-deo.html.

    • @polaskatyu9368
      @polaskatyu9368 3 роки тому +113

      @@suriyabeniwal4096 bad no one cares about your marketing

  • @thsone
    @thsone 4 роки тому +3541

    I always wonder when watching any of these vids: wat the hell was going thru the person's mind when they figured out this entire process!? Where did they even start!?

    • @Wwefan33
      @Wwefan33 4 роки тому +125

      thsone meth

    • @thefluff209
      @thefluff209 4 роки тому +147

      Ikr, what madlad decided to drink almost rotten fruit juice(alcohol), and decided it tasted good.

    • @egeniojaramillo9048
      @egeniojaramillo9048 4 роки тому +67

      The Fluff they watched animals eating rotting fruit and get intoxicated. Or they noticed people weren’t getting sick on fermented liquids, when they were dying in droves by drinking water. So on and so forth

    • @atmreview4713
      @atmreview4713 4 роки тому +8

      A great video, helps us learn a lot of interesting things.

    • @dsodragon8152
      @dsodragon8152 4 роки тому +14

      That's the thing man...
      It's NEVER one single person...

  • @ashleyhill368
    @ashleyhill368 Рік тому +200

    Absolutely fascinating. Never knew it was a long process like this.

  • @chanyphilly8266
    @chanyphilly8266 Рік тому +15

    Remember watching episodes of this in the middle of the night on TV. They'd show it all night whenever everything else was finished. I must've learned a lot subconsciously, but don't ask me to remember any of it lol.

  • @JP-yi1mb
    @JP-yi1mb 5 років тому +11417

    they making a sugar but the place and machine looks like they making cement for buildings.

    • @-Jay-Jay-
      @-Jay-Jay- 5 років тому +83

      HaHaHa🤣🤣🤣
      True!

    • @johndoyle4723
      @johndoyle4723 5 років тому +216

      Yes the rotary drier looks like a cement calciner kiln, but trust me, bad as this looks, a cement works is ten times worse.

    • @mouhssinemouhssine7437
      @mouhssinemouhssine7437 4 роки тому +5

      Do you have Instagram? 😍

    • @atourist9135
      @atourist9135 4 роки тому +8

      Moonbat yes

    • @khoirilsutaman8841
      @khoirilsutaman8841 4 роки тому +54

      Whta do you hoping for, wanna look like Willy wonka factory

  • @tigris8235
    @tigris8235 4 роки тому +1079

    Me before watching this: I wonder how sugar is made
    After watching this: *even more confused than before

    • @User9681e
      @User9681e 3 роки тому +9

      Just mad science 🤪

    • @bluebabex420
      @bluebabex420 3 роки тому +9

      I know Right? Lost me..

    • @turtle7792
      @turtle7792 3 роки тому +4

      thank you very much for telling me it is definitely a crucial part of my existence

    • @altmelpitch64
      @altmelpitch64 3 роки тому

      Minecraft got that covered

    • @twentytwo138
      @twentytwo138 3 роки тому +2

      ''I wondered how sugar is made but this confused me even more''
      There, i corrected it for you.

  • @TheLladnek20
    @TheLladnek20 Рік тому +45

    I work in a sugar beet processing plant and its very similar to the way the cane juice is processed. Our facility is a much bigger scale as we produce on average 1150 - 1250 tons of white sugar a day compared to their 400 ton a day in this video. Still pretty cool to see the difference/similarities.

    • @yusufsharif9160
      @yusufsharif9160 Рік тому

      Where is factory located?

    • @lordad872
      @lordad872 7 місяців тому

      ​@@yusufsharif9160mumbai

    • @Litajasmine
      @Litajasmine 5 місяців тому +2

      Is sugar really bad for health?

    • @tomwithatophat6457
      @tomwithatophat6457 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@LitajasmineLike everything it's ok if you consume it in a manageable amounts but if you eat a ton of sugar daily your gonna develop a ton of problems down the line

    • @Litajasmine
      @Litajasmine 2 місяці тому

      @@tomwithatophat6457 thenks bud!

  • @emmyglez1
    @emmyglez1 2 роки тому +74

    My mom is a chemical engineer and she spent her entire career in change of a quality control lab in a sugar mill. This brings me back to her and her stories. A lot of familiar terms

  • @jasminecharmane6826
    @jasminecharmane6826 3 роки тому +7196

    During this entire process, i completely forgot they're making sugar.

  • @itsmejorge6908
    @itsmejorge6908 3 роки тому +4336

    Me throughout the process:
    This is clean this is clean this is clean....

  • @AndySaenz
    @AndySaenz Рік тому +26

    Wow, that’s amazing! When you’re adding sugar to your drinks and food, you almost never think of where it comes from or how it’s produced.

    • @iand4374
      @iand4374 Місяць тому

      Back in the day it would have came from the worst human suffering, slave labor. Sometimes still today..

  • @unclemony5939
    @unclemony5939 Рік тому +2

    A sugar factory worker in Jamaica once told me that, during harvesting of the Canes, Rodents are scooped up and crushed during the process. The things we unknowingly in-jest is alarming.

  • @TheHEROFamily
    @TheHEROFamily 5 років тому +4924

    Imagine the dude that had to figure all this out just becuase he wanted something sweet in his tea.

    • @doirtlee
      @doirtlee 5 років тому +101

      Refined sugar is terrible for you.

    • @angelnarez8272
      @angelnarez8272 5 років тому +1

      @Wikkitt Klown not that hatf

    • @thatonecabridog
      @thatonecabridog 5 років тому +51

      And who was too scared of bees

    • @sohailape
      @sohailape 5 років тому +122

      No one actually figured it out. It was a collective effort by chemist and physicist over a period of time. Obtaining sugar from sugar cane isn't hard but don't forget that most of the process is removing impurities from it.

    • @wandowander9360
      @wandowander9360 5 років тому +27

      @Wikkitt Klown You do realize those same chemical is what helps clean the impurities right from the sugar right?. And as for the oversize machine helps process it properly

  • @imdgod1449
    @imdgod1449 4 роки тому +2526

    Can't imagine their deadly daily battles against ants

    • @vivanillah07
      @vivanillah07 4 роки тому +157

      Factory war 1: Great Ant-vasion

    • @reynardlie2874
      @reynardlie2874 4 роки тому +193

      There are no ants, when there is a high enough concentration of sugar, a chemical toxic to insects is produced

    • @VoltairesRevenge
      @VoltairesRevenge 3 роки тому +141

      This is poison that even the ants don’t want.

    • @reynardlie2874
      @reynardlie2874 3 роки тому +13

      @@VoltairesRevenge 10-4

    • @NotErine
      @NotErine 3 роки тому +1

      Lol

  • @politicsuncensored5617
    @politicsuncensored5617 8 місяців тому +4

    As an American I do love Discovery UK. You make excellent to the point short videos on very interesting processes that affect everyone. Growing up with my grandparents on their farm I always loved molasses with grandma's hot biscuits. Nothing better to start your day off. PJ

  • @steveraglin7607
    @steveraglin7607 Рік тому +2

    Amazing process for what you'd think was just a simple kitchen staple... very informative!

  • @420smoker89
    @420smoker89 4 роки тому +4548

    Thank you UA-cam I always wanted to know how diabetes was made

    • @donkeysauce8892
      @donkeysauce8892 4 роки тому +54

      420smoker89 fuck you

    • @ericno4u
      @ericno4u 4 роки тому +97

      Fact. Insulin is a cash cow.

    • @donkeysauce8892
      @donkeysauce8892 4 роки тому +28

      Eric R my mom always has to pay so much for my insulin

    • @nomam7358
      @nomam7358 4 роки тому +6

      Haha

    • @G17x
      @G17x 4 роки тому +25

      420smoker89 not all diabetes tho

  • @catherina2611
    @catherina2611 3 роки тому +3175

    For all the effort of growing, harvesting, processing, energy, additives, it amazes me that sugar is so damn cheap

    • @georgebarton1582
      @georgebarton1582 3 роки тому +275

      its just simple supply and demand at work. Most people know that the cost of things is affected by supply and demand.
      But what often people dont take into account in regards to supply and demand is the demand of something can cause the amount available to always be so high that the cost to buy it will always be cheap.
      when there is not enough the price goes up when there is more then enough the cost decreases. This is what normally people think of the concept of supply and demand.
      When something is in such demand such as sugar. The amount needed is often so great that the amount of it available is always more then enough. Thus always cheap.
      The demand of sugar causes its cheapness. IN first world countries sugar is one of those things that will always remain cheap. Until the plants that are required to make sugar go extinct that is. Or the human race loses its love addiction to sugar.

    • @zeehuss7275
      @zeehuss7275 3 роки тому +156

      @@georgebarton1582 Or the human race eventually dies by too much sugar consumption

    • @georgebarton1582
      @georgebarton1582 3 роки тому +105

      @@jentebonnema2244 80 percent of the worlds sugar is made from sugar cane. Sugar beets represent only 20 percent of the source of sugar.
      Dont know where you got your information from but it was wrong.
      Or your just talking about a specific areas source of sugar in which case you might want to add that.

    • @catherina2611
      @catherina2611 3 роки тому +36

      @@jentebonnema2244 Depends where you live. In warmer climates they use cane and in temperate climates they use beets. Globally last year, 80% of sugar production came from cane and 20% from beets.

    • @davidolascoaga750
      @davidolascoaga750 3 роки тому +3

      They just get cane

  • @wandagreer9144
    @wandagreer9144 2 роки тому

    I will never look at sugar the same as I did before I saw this. it is all so amazing. Thanks.

  • @Africa96tv
    @Africa96tv Рік тому +1

    As analytical chemistry student, I like the process and it takes me back to class for quality assurance,

  • @FirstLast-cd6vv
    @FirstLast-cd6vv 2 роки тому +903

    This was *a lot* more elaborate than I ever thought.

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 2 роки тому +15

      Exactly‼️ It is a much longer process than I had ever imagined!

    • @TheoEvian
      @TheoEvian 2 роки тому +7

      Like you could probably make sugar by simply boiling the juice (which from what I have heard tastes amazing) but it would be brown, almost black, full of impurities and probably not the best all around. Adding lime for example really helps. This kind of an industrial process not only makes very pure sugar (which might be what your consumers want even though I like brown sugar more) but also with nice uniform crystals (in 19th century you would buy sugar in loaves that were pretty hard and required manual breaking and grinding to make something you could powder a cake with) and what is the most important thing, very efficiently in large amount.

    • @susanbrogan2517
      @susanbrogan2517 2 роки тому +7

      I thought it was just dehydrated cane sugar.

    • @draco147
      @draco147 2 роки тому +3

      @@susanbrogan2517 That would be panela or rapadura. Dehydrated sugar cane juice into a solid block which retains its impurities. It is a staple food in my country, I love to use it instead of refined sugar in my hot/cold drinks.

    • @susanbrogan2517
      @susanbrogan2517 2 роки тому

      @@draco147 Yes, thank you for your response.

  • @rolatakizawa6507
    @rolatakizawa6507 4 роки тому +4630

    How the world's most addictive drug is made

    • @BaKa60gaming
      @BaKa60gaming 4 роки тому +133

      it's mostly a need, without sugar you die

    • @CaspianTheGh0st
      @CaspianTheGh0st 4 роки тому +331

      Makichika but you can get sugar from fruits and plants, processed sugar isn’t necessary

    • @ChrisM-bn5vr
      @ChrisM-bn5vr 4 роки тому +119

      Makichika Actually Carbohydrates/Sugars are the one macronutrient humans can live without. Protein and Fat are the only two necessary ones. The body can either run off of fat or sugar, but the body has to get fat, our ancestors ran off of fat most of the time, sugar was a treat they would store as energy if they could find it.

    • @agiantcub8it542
      @agiantcub8it542 4 роки тому +59

      Makichika there are other sources. Table sugar is unnecessary and our tolerance is horrible resulting in needing more sugar consumed. A can of soda does just about the same thing a can of beer does yet we willingly give our children a can of coke or pepsi. Fat being made the bad guy of the heart disease war also caused sugar contents to rise to supplement the taste that was lost in low fat foods. Sugar causes more issues in the human body with inflammation at the root of a lot of issues. Especially diabetes... but no “without sugar you die” nope with all the sugar that’s in all the processed food out there. We are already dying dude.

    • @MrOiram46
      @MrOiram46 4 роки тому +51

      The world’s largest Meth Lab

  • @mypointofview5647
    @mypointofview5647 2 роки тому +1

    Wow really amazing to see the process and also very useful too. Thank you so much 🙂🙂

  • @TEMUJIN_official
    @TEMUJIN_official 5 місяців тому +1

    This video just motivated me to go from consuming less sugar to no sugar so thank you discovery 😅

  • @moonice8958
    @moonice8958 4 роки тому +438

    I bet the workers on that factory are the sweetest person you'll meet

  • @sunnyaggarwal7720
    @sunnyaggarwal7720 4 роки тому +395

    Me trying to sleep at 3 AM
    My brain: wanna know how sugar made?

  • @kimbokim927
    @kimbokim927 2 роки тому +7

    i remember visiting a sugar factory as a kid
    the smell still stays with me to this day...now i realise it was sulphur that i was smelling
    horrible

  • @benjaminsears9106
    @benjaminsears9106 Рік тому

    This was very informative. Thanks for posting it.

  • @bvp547
    @bvp547 3 роки тому +3182

    This all seems a bit too complicated. I prefer the simple sugarcane to sugar recipe from Minecraft

  • @cyb3r1
    @cyb3r1 4 роки тому +843

    me before watching the video: "how processed can it be, they just extract the cane juice and dry it out"
    me after watching the video: "oh"

  • @cheryldahl9192
    @cheryldahl9192 2 роки тому +3

    We need a video on "how it's made" for the machines that do all the work next :)

  • @ihteramulhaq786
    @ihteramulhaq786 2 роки тому +1

    Best combination Tea and sugar

  • @daniquecramer369
    @daniquecramer369 5 років тому +3288

    When I see these videos I always wonder if they ever clean the machines...

    • @rounakshrivastav4138
      @rounakshrivastav4138 5 років тому +205

      Never

    • @lunamud3143
      @lunamud3143 5 років тому +148

      What about the trait of insects and rats

    • @daniquecramer369
      @daniquecramer369 5 років тому +125

      @Verty Wouldn't it start to get moldy because of all the stuff that gets stuck?

    • @i.8885
      @i.8885 5 років тому +139

      @@daniquecramer369 i guess no because they are constantly working. no product stays still so mold can grow.

    • @noahark6850
      @noahark6850 5 років тому +90

      The metals are full of rust & didn't even used stainless steel.

  • @akshita.m
    @akshita.m 3 роки тому +800

    Sometimes I don't question where UA-cam algorithm leads me. I let it kiss my forehead, hold my hand and follow it into darkness or a sugar milling industry without blinking.

  • @Nyck461
    @Nyck461 Рік тому

    Great video. No one imagine that all these steps go on before adding sugar to the morning coffee.

  • @radsaeed
    @radsaeed 2 роки тому

    Stay blessed.....thank you for giving information......great job

  • @tony-pc4kd
    @tony-pc4kd 4 роки тому +213

    At some point it was looking like they r processing sewage water... 😂😂

  • @castortroy2031
    @castortroy2031 3 роки тому +2140

    The ppl who designed the machine dont get the credit they deserve

  • @creativity2598
    @creativity2598 4 місяці тому

    These factory workers and all manufacturers seem simple genuine human beings

  • @DontCallMeRyan
    @DontCallMeRyan Рік тому +1

    One sugar cane in a crafting table makes one sugar, that’s all you need to know

  • @mr.goldfarmer4883
    @mr.goldfarmer4883 2 роки тому +907

    Mechanical engineers really paved the way for the food industry. Magnificent machines!

    • @gatesroyale
      @gatesroyale 2 роки тому +45

      Horrible invention. That's why most people are overweight and dying over so many different things.

    • @mercykaruchia
      @mercykaruchia 2 роки тому +12

      This was on my mind as I watched this...more of who made these machines and how?

    • @walshwalsh6828
      @walshwalsh6828 2 роки тому +76

      @@gatesroyale also fed alot of people for alot cheaper. Alot of people who other wise would've starved

    • @Aronnax777
      @Aronnax777 2 роки тому +14

      @@walshwalsh6828 Starvation is better than addiction or lifelong health problems. There are some great inventions and discoveries (like advances in medicine such as insulin pumps) that have improved people's lives. But the process of making sugar has only led to ruin, just like social media has made people more anxious.

    • @thelogician3845
      @thelogician3845 2 роки тому +24

      @@Aronnax777 So why do you use oil?Why not chomp the vegetables and meat raw?After all oil is a big source of fats

  • @yayothejowen2541
    @yayothejowen2541 3 роки тому +1732

    Who the hell in the old times thought: "Imma squeeze this cane real tight and make sugar with its juices"???

    • @Ami_Hime
      @Ami_Hime 3 роки тому +107

      They didn't lol they bit it and found it tastey I know I did 😍😍
      Cane juice 🤤

    • @Kolibri71
      @Kolibri71 3 роки тому +32

      It's not that hard to get juice from the canes!

    • @walnutsandbeastiality866
      @walnutsandbeastiality866 3 роки тому +20

      @@Ami_Hime Are you sure it was cane juice? Not some other white liquid from a thick cane-like object? 🤭😉

    • @fakeeeacc3114
      @fakeeeacc3114 3 роки тому +37

      @@walnutsandbeastiality866 ew fella

    • @akcortin
      @akcortin 3 роки тому +50

      sugarcane is sweet
      they extracted the sweet sugarcane juice, but it went bad over time, and was not easy to store.
      they then dried and refined sugar cane juice
      now sweetness is easy to store and doesn't go bad.

  • @Avedis-G
    @Avedis-G 2 роки тому +7

    It’s incredible how much processing needs to get done to make “raw sugar”.

  • @sleuth51
    @sleuth51 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for a go idea

  • @arixzyy7104
    @arixzyy7104 3 роки тому +710

    this video rlly said: "trust the process"

  • @xxAwedAngelxx
    @xxAwedAngelxx 5 років тому +825

    Im just astonished that we even thought to do all of this just to get sugar

    • @karlscheel3500
      @karlscheel3500 5 років тому +21

      Angelina Faye, it's also made from sugar beets; I wonder which production process is more lengthy: cane sugar or beet sugar?

    • @TheLinkoln18
      @TheLinkoln18 5 років тому +44

      The crude process is very simple, what you see here is highly refined process.

    • @TheBooban
      @TheBooban 5 років тому +16

      Its a usable product without doing this, so its not just to get sugar. People drink raw sugar cane juice; just squashed raw cane. Add it your food, run it over a fire, dry in a pot over night...and its noticeable it takes all these different forms. Then its just a matter of refinement.

    • @petergriffith4109
      @petergriffith4109 5 років тому +3

      mukbangin angel “WE”???

    • @xxAwedAngelxx
      @xxAwedAngelxx 5 років тому +4

      Peter Griffith yeah "we" as in humanity

  • @jj-vu5ov
    @jj-vu5ov Рік тому

    im amazed that something as elaborate and involved as this is, to make something as cheap as sugar, is productive enough to be profitable...

  • @justinglenn69
    @justinglenn69 2 роки тому

    This clip reminds me of my grandfather. He was chemist at various sugarmills' around South Africa

  • @nikki6599
    @nikki6599 3 роки тому +255

    WHOA. I never really understood how heavily "processed" sugar is. This was really eye opening.

    • @dihydrogenmonoxide7600
      @dihydrogenmonoxide7600 3 роки тому +24

      Well of course, its literally sugar crystals extracted from juice. A lot of things in nature have sugar in them, but theres no such thing as a pure sugar solution

    • @ChristmasEve777
      @ChristmasEve777 2 роки тому +11

      @@dihydrogenmonoxide7600 But there must be a way to get the sugar out of the pulp and water without using all those chemicals.

    • @ezodragon
      @ezodragon 2 роки тому +24

      @@ChristmasEve777 why bother making something inherently extremely unhealthy slightly less unhealthy, if you need something sweet a bit of honey is a much better way to go

    • @ChristmasEve777
      @ChristmasEve777 2 роки тому +17

      @@ezodragon hmmm honey is good but there is nothing wrong with sugarcane. It's also natural. It's all the processing they do on it that makes it unhealthy. Even honey can be made unhealthy.

    • @hshsgjakanss
      @hshsgjakanss 2 роки тому

      @@NB-yu4lj Just remember, ANYTHING processed is processed by some mega corporation who undoubtedly cares more about profits then health. Anything processed is bad. Just buy pure organic cane sugar.

  • @Mojo_3.14
    @Mojo_3.14 3 роки тому +1551

    And this is why I prefer honey in my tea. Bee vomit for the win.

    • @joaopiza9478
      @joaopiza9478 3 роки тому +193

      This is the most british thing I ever heard. Lemme try to speak ur language: rain rain London bridge rain, Tea tea queen tea. Did I make any mistakes?

    • @thomasdaily4363
      @thomasdaily4363 3 роки тому +7

      😂

    • @thesoulmatre
      @thesoulmatre 3 роки тому +19

      I prefer fresh sugar cane juice

    • @hellothere2052
      @hellothere2052 3 роки тому +25

      @@joaopiza9478 I am afraid you have made loads
      We obviously also ramble about crumpets

    • @gabethecat5010
      @gabethecat5010 3 роки тому

      And sometimes dead bees

  • @mootpoint7053
    @mootpoint7053 2 роки тому +1

    Do you ever watch these and still have no clue how the process works?
    Well, that just happened for me.

  • @user-wx4ky5tx3f
    @user-wx4ky5tx3f 2 роки тому

    I was lucky enough to visit Taiwan in the early 2000s. Beautiful country and kind people.

  • @bopbo8157
    @bopbo8157 4 роки тому +1479

    Coronavirus got me watching this. That's how bored I am

  • @mreeeeeegf
    @mreeeeeegf 3 роки тому +185

    crystalizing a single solid component out of an entire organism/plant takes a lot of steps, I'm confused as to how many people are surprised or put off by the chemistry/physics behind it.

    • @mitgenius
      @mitgenius 3 роки тому

      I confused also..

    • @zelenplav1701
      @zelenplav1701 3 роки тому +10

      Better to chew real sugar cane then consume the processed, (devoid of nutrients) product. Diabetes, Cancer anyone?

    • @zelenplav1701
      @zelenplav1701 3 роки тому +2

      Cockroaches will not eat our spilled food anymore.
      They are smarter than we are.

    • @arnoldlee4625
      @arnoldlee4625 3 роки тому +5

      Do you know much about history? I do, I'm surprised you don't. You're dumb

    • @southstreetbarbecue7875
      @southstreetbarbecue7875 3 роки тому +3

      I'm not surprised or put off, just always curious about what demented lunatic visualized this process the first time!

  • @agrimlakhwan8912
    @agrimlakhwan8912 Рік тому

    I love this channel

  • @nicolequintanilla6261
    @nicolequintanilla6261 Рік тому +1

    This is so interesting. I realized this was in my country until I saw the bag. My maternal family has fields of cane that are part of that brand. I dont really know how it works, we have never seen money from that, just some other relatives, so we never got interesed in that business. We only knew because every year they make a huge family gathering- I dont attend anymore- but when I was little I remember there was cane juice everywere and they extracted the juice and gave us the cane to chew, it was delicious. It is really interesting to get to know the process from a youtube video instead than from my relatives 🤣

  • @ufbroly
    @ufbroly 3 роки тому +294

    The most addictive, legal drug on the planet. I can’t even imagine how they used to make sugar back in the day before the industrial revolution

    • @chickeninabox
      @chickeninabox 3 роки тому +16

      With hands.

    • @TheAvsouto
      @TheAvsouto 3 роки тому +17

      They used honey as a sweetener

    • @whisnuidabagus5670
      @whisnuidabagus5670 3 роки тому +17

      @@TheAvsouto i my place we just suck on sugar cane like candy, grind sugar cane to make sugar cane juice, or get the sweet sap of nira tree

    • @Ash-sw6sc
      @Ash-sw6sc 3 роки тому +5

      I guess they used Jaggery

    • @Nathan_Bunga
      @Nathan_Bunga 3 роки тому +8

      Slaves

  • @loveanime3403
    @loveanime3403 4 роки тому +799

    UA-cam recommended last week: how to make a pencil.
    UA-cam recommend this week: how to make a sugar.
    UA-cam knows how much I'm useless person and trying to make me educated every week :).

    • @prudhviteja8655
      @prudhviteja8655 4 роки тому +18

      I got same recommendations 🙄

    • @_Super_Hans_
      @_Super_Hans_ 4 роки тому +5

      Not really education though is it? It's not knowledge you can apply unless you're planning to make sugar or pencils.

    • @danielmontero4960
      @danielmontero4960 4 роки тому +3

      Love Anime dudeeee I can’t believe u I got the same recommendations

    • @ashramhalireen2483
      @ashramhalireen2483 4 роки тому +2

      Lol I got the same recommendation

    • @adnanmoin8741
      @adnanmoin8741 4 роки тому +10

      Same!! So everyone is here with a pencil..now you will be leaving with a bag of sugar!

  • @alexfreese3088
    @alexfreese3088 2 роки тому

    That feeling when you're recommended actual How It's Made episodes instead of How It's Actually Made.

  • @arijohn8413
    @arijohn8413 4 роки тому +538

    This literally makes me want to stop eating sugar

    • @transforgoku
      @transforgoku 4 роки тому +38

      Good luck, there's sugar in everything, even salads...

    • @MyNotSoHumbleOpinion
      @MyNotSoHumbleOpinion 4 роки тому +33

      So it's better if you don't watch a single video of food industries or you will never eat anything

    • @transforgoku
      @transforgoku 4 роки тому +14

      @God Howard Only raw honey or organic stevia leaves pulverized are the only healthy sweeteners, the stuff selled at supermarkets are trash that taste bad and give you diabetes as much as regular sugar...

    • @yungxrist9078
      @yungxrist9078 4 роки тому +1

      Good luck lmao

    • @chrisa8325
      @chrisa8325 4 роки тому +4

      Brown sugar is Better for You.

  • @zeeshanequbal6227
    @zeeshanequbal6227 5 років тому +1160

    Just one question....
    How do they keep the ants away??

  • @deathbitegledhill9735
    @deathbitegledhill9735 2 роки тому +1

    I can’t believe how long this takes

  • @georgemichelakis1202
    @georgemichelakis1202 14 днів тому

    Fascinating!

  • @DeusEx.Machina
    @DeusEx.Machina 4 роки тому +101

    It's extremely fascinating to see how things we take for granted, require a crazy ton of work to be produced.

  • @riogaming2087
    @riogaming2087 4 роки тому +153

    Did you search for it?
    Ans: No
    Did you watch it without skipping?
    Ans : Yes

    • @Yxhya08
      @Yxhya08 4 роки тому +1

      @The Zeediot ahem, ur a nerd

    • @aaliyahoshun6619
      @aaliyahoshun6619 3 роки тому +1

      @The Zeediot same I searched up "how its made"😂

    • @swagtaker9867
      @swagtaker9867 3 роки тому

      Actually I did skip it

  • @VASound7
    @VASound7 2 роки тому

    Amazing and complex process

  • @salixfire1
    @salixfire1 Рік тому

    Finally a video that doesn't that doesn't talk forever about the video before doing it

  • @tonymontana9319
    @tonymontana9319 3 роки тому +719

    i could never imagine that the processa of making sugar was this nasty and advanced.

    • @alex-marquette
      @alex-marquette 3 роки тому +6

      sugar beets which is another sugar resource is processed the exact the same way really. It's a messy process in general.

    • @Theone-xx9zy
      @Theone-xx9zy 3 роки тому +20

      I will never eat sugar again this shit looks so damm bad for you 😱🤭

    • @alex-marquette
      @alex-marquette 3 роки тому +50

      @@Theone-xx9zy you do realize every food you eat has some form of sugar right?
      Fruits, syrups, whole and refined grains contain sugars like fructose, glucose.
      Dairy contains lactose another sugar.
      Nuts contain sugars, so that's off the table.
      Vegetables in that are classified as root, grouds, and buckwheat also contain sugars so those are gone. If you want to include the vegetables with under a gram of sugar. Then say goodbye to vegetables.
      The only thing that doesn't contain sugar naturally is animal based protein. However since the animals consume sugar likely, you might want to rule that out.
      So what your left is....
      WATER. Congrats you will have only water for your meals from now on.

    • @navinater
      @navinater 3 роки тому +2

      @@alex-marquette lol

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 роки тому +15

      @@alex-marquette He's talking about refined sugar.

  • @marcguidry5744
    @marcguidry5744 2 роки тому +174

    I live near a couple of sugar mills, and they stink when processing sugar. As a kid, we would go to the sugar mill to dig for worms from the bagasse piles. Earthworms from a bagasse pile, are the biggest I've ever seen. We would then go fishing with those worms.

    • @hydroaegis6658
      @hydroaegis6658 2 роки тому +23

      @we up ^
      "this unverified anecdote from a random unknown person confirms my biases, therefore I must be correct."

    • @zacharyolenick1054
      @zacharyolenick1054 2 роки тому +2

      thank you for sharing, enjoyed this little story!

    • @jdong7527
      @jdong7527 2 роки тому

      @Hydro Aegis his story sounds legit though especially when he said they used to dig up worms to go fishing, it reminded me of my childhood cause I used to dig up worms to to use for fishing.

    • @venuvenkachiranjeevi8239
      @venuvenkachiranjeevi8239 2 роки тому

      I also dig earth worms from poultry farm they are also biggest ive ever seen

    • @luism8612
      @luism8612 2 роки тому +2

      @@hydroaegis6658 I’m dead but this sums up the rest of America 😂

  • @exploreraj118
    @exploreraj118 2 роки тому

    Really amazing work we are lucky every single day we have use suger for your happiness

  • @conishkee
    @conishkee Рік тому

    2/10/23: I'd LOVE to see the drawings on the patent for the machine that does all the work. I find it fascinating!

  • @jonf.i-k729
    @jonf.i-k729 3 роки тому +235

    I’ve been watching this since 2012. I remember falling asleep while watching people make a ham leg, and I also remember how they made coca-cola. Dude, this stuff is underrated for falling asleep, and is like something that is either intentionally fascinating or intentionally boring-to-sleep. Either way, I LOVE HOW-IT’S-MADE!!!

    • @blue-jr4iv
      @blue-jr4iv 2 роки тому +4

      i love this because my dad would show me how its made when i went to sleep when i was younger. i specifically remember the ham leg one. my favorite was the toilet paper video because of the cutting arm

    • @lesIy
      @lesIy 2 роки тому +11

      Lmao I literally took two naps today because of these videos, they’re so interesting but also sleep inducing

    • @geekieness420
      @geekieness420 2 роки тому +3

      I’m here for sleep!

    • @donaldmiller8755
      @donaldmiller8755 8 місяців тому

      All of thus s hit sure makes me so sleepy.

    • @milesnicholas597
      @milesnicholas597 7 місяців тому

      U basically just told this guy his content makes u sleepy wtf

  • @Praveenapalanisamy
    @Praveenapalanisamy 2 роки тому +481

    In India, especially Southern parts of India we normally chew the sugarcane itself.. It tastes delicious. And sugarcane juice is very common during summer.Chilled sugarcane juice tastes divine

    • @JanuWaray
      @JanuWaray 2 роки тому +34

      Yes, we also used to have sugarcane plants in our yard when I was in Grade School and High School.
      We would simply cut off a mature stalk (approx.2 inches in diameter), cut it in segments, peel off the shiiny bark, and then chew on the white, fibrous flesh to extract the sweet, refreshing juice.

    • @jiliannesantana8754
      @jiliannesantana8754 2 роки тому +19

      Aqui no Brasil também fazemos o mesmo que vocês na Índia mascamos a cana e ainda tomamos o caldo com gengibre limão abacaxi.

    • @Praveenapalanisamy
      @Praveenapalanisamy 2 роки тому +17

      @@JanuWaray In India there are majorly two varieties. One with black color this is only for eating and we used to keep this when we worship sun. After worshipping God we will have heavy meals with our fasting. We eat this after our heavy meals which aids quick digestion.It will be so juicy and easily edible and you need less effort. The other variety will be bit harder and which is used only for making sugar.

    • @aryaaswale7316
      @aryaaswale7316 2 роки тому +1

      Its just heavenly

    • @CrazyyPinkk
      @CrazyyPinkk 2 роки тому +8

      In KZN south africa aswell. Home of the sugar cane in mzansi

  • @Angelfeather100
    @Angelfeather100 Рік тому

    Could have never imagined how long and complicated is the process… from now on, I will look to sugar differently.

  • @andrewforeman2168
    @andrewforeman2168 Рік тому

    Pretty mad the sheer amount of WORK that goes into making sugar.

  • @artificialintelligence2653
    @artificialintelligence2653 2 роки тому +259

    Fun fact: sugar cane fiber can be turned into disposable plates, bowls and takeout containers.

    • @irenewmuihia1798
      @irenewmuihia1798 2 роки тому

      Pppppppl

    • @Insomniac3d
      @Insomniac3d 2 роки тому +9

      Sugar cane fiber can also be turned into 3d printing filament called pla, or poly lactic acid. but most of the time the cane fiber or "bagasse" is burnt in the boilers which is what powers the sugar mill

    • @Grellibe
      @Grellibe 2 роки тому +4

      Can be. But do companies make it common? Nope. Gotta deal with gross plastic ware. :(

    • @artificialintelligence2653
      @artificialintelligence2653 2 роки тому +1

      @@Grellibe Yes true

    • @draco147
      @draco147 2 роки тому +3

      I often find printer papers made with cane fibers too.

  • @KarmaXD4
    @KarmaXD4 5 років тому +203

    Thanks! Now I can make my own homemade sugar at my house just like this!

    • @phoenixwiseman4018
      @phoenixwiseman4018 4 роки тому +2

      KarmaXD 😂😂

    • @imanik2275
      @imanik2275 4 роки тому +4

      what a coincidence, i met you on discord about a month ago and randomly found your comment on this video. small world.

    • @medina__anidem
      @medina__anidem 4 роки тому

      You only need couple of pound of finely ground chemicals and 1 gallon of liquid chemicals 🤣😂

  • @johnkelly1083
    @johnkelly1083 2 роки тому

    I never expected the refining process to be so complex.

  • @nidhigoel6943
    @nidhigoel6943 2 роки тому

    Yah your right on that it would be very cool if people could make a lot of step

  • @shamiahledington7932
    @shamiahledington7932 4 роки тому +110

    4:44
    lol "Next it all boils in large f*cking pans"

  • @nathanenfinger9559
    @nathanenfinger9559 3 роки тому +130

    These are the types of videos that they should be showing in school these days.

    • @juliedavis9659
      @juliedavis9659 3 роки тому +1

      Im 36 and I rem watching stuff like this in science class

    • @nathanenfinger9559
      @nathanenfinger9559 3 роки тому

      @Jack Meyhoffer yeah........no, take your bullshit elsewhere bud. No one cares about what you say or think.

    • @juliedavis9659
      @juliedavis9659 3 роки тому +1

      @@nathanenfinger9559 says the "guy" who supports that garbage.

    • @Robbie-mw5uu
      @Robbie-mw5uu Рік тому +1

      What value would showing how sugar is made do? About as useful as teaching kids physics. The majority of them won't ever use it in their lives and all you're doing is making them frustrated. We should teach them how to handle their finances, how the court system works, and how to take care of a home.

    • @joe-mamma
      @joe-mamma Рік тому

      kids... this is how we make sugar and cocaine

  • @rissa_x
    @rissa_x Рік тому

    this is so much more complicated than i thought it would be

  • @gingerbreed3
    @gingerbreed3 Рік тому

    We live near a sugar mill when we were kids. The mill dump mud press in nearby fields. when the mud press age a kind of mushroom grows.We use to collect mushrooms and give it to our mother and she cooks it for dinner.

  • @PraiseTheFSMonster
    @PraiseTheFSMonster 4 роки тому +70

    Me: "Ewww nasty." _continues eating skittles_

  • @raaidhabdullar2620
    @raaidhabdullar2620 4 роки тому +223

    Imagine a ant finding this place

    • @mohammedmranialaoui3328
      @mohammedmranialaoui3328 4 роки тому +15

      yeah, they call it a holy place

    • @spiritisalive1
      @spiritisalive1 4 роки тому +16

      No, they're prolly flat on their backs. All them dang chemicals. 🐜🚫⚰️

    • @Wickedonezz
      @Wickedonezz 4 роки тому +4

      That's why they put poison in the sugar

    • @theemirofjaffa2266
      @theemirofjaffa2266 4 роки тому +1

      Insectopia?

    • @tvoommen4688
      @tvoommen4688 4 роки тому +28

      Sugar factories usually hang their name-board printed as "salt factory" just to mislead ants.

  • @ocayaro
    @ocayaro 2 роки тому +2

    Dentists will never be out of business

  • @bj.bruner
    @bj.bruner Рік тому +1

    A few years ago I tried raw sugar instead of white sugar and I haven't gone back since 😅

  • @michelsbrn
    @michelsbrn 4 роки тому +42

    Being a Brazilian it gives me the BEST WAY to taste it. We drink the juice with lemon and ice. TOTALLY NATURAL. We have the plant generally in our garden, so when we want, we just extract the juice and drink it.

    • @Mu5tyLaghmani
      @Mu5tyLaghmani 4 роки тому +2

      Back home we used to just have sugar cane juice but I have never tried it with lemon juice🤪

    • @eilola6467
      @eilola6467 4 роки тому

      We too here in Trinidad

    • @iamcanatsomething5288
      @iamcanatsomething5288 4 роки тому

      @@Mu5tyLaghmani it a bit sour

    • @baberkhanbk
      @baberkhanbk 4 роки тому

      Perfect cure for thirst but it goes bad after 1 day of extraction. You know

    • @VijayKumar-oc9qo
      @VijayKumar-oc9qo 3 роки тому +1

      Even in India we drink it with lemon or ginger.
      A real refreshing drink.

  • @Felix-qq2qg
    @Felix-qq2qg 3 роки тому +807

    So we have been eating dirt ever since

    • @ayeshasulaiman3921
      @ayeshasulaiman3921 3 роки тому +2

      😆

    • @muhamednibin1123
      @muhamednibin1123 3 роки тому +70

      with added lime, bleach, sucrose and much more.... another reason to feel depressed.

    • @minhtrido969
      @minhtrido969 3 роки тому +11

      @@muhamednibin1123 isn't sucrose sugar?

    • @deznuey1327
      @deznuey1327 3 роки тому +2

      Uhhh. U eat sugar?
      Good luck with diabetes.
      Prefer use it as sweets for coffee or for breads.

    • @Felix-qq2qg
      @Felix-qq2qg 3 роки тому +23

      @@deznuey1327 common sense is a must

  • @user-mx8hd7fi7g
    @user-mx8hd7fi7g 2 місяці тому

    Thank you my god bless with respect

  • @kevintraynor4508
    @kevintraynor4508 11 місяців тому

    I never knew so much went into making the suger it's very complex

  • @stevene5542
    @stevene5542 3 роки тому +2104

    This is so much easier in Minecraft..

    • @Kichku
      @Kichku 3 роки тому +22

      grow up boy. This is real world

    • @stephsuii
      @stephsuii 3 роки тому +73

      @@Kichku grow up?

    • @toastie4848
      @toastie4848 3 роки тому +46

      @Disnuts Plus good one LMAO

    • @ryandukas6878
      @ryandukas6878 3 роки тому +31

      RandomBuddy inferiority complex?

    • @TheFluffyOne44
      @TheFluffyOne44 3 роки тому +14

      I thought the exact same thing when watching this!!

  • @aromalgerie
    @aromalgerie 4 роки тому +274

    Is this a sugar factory or a crude oil refinery?/

  • @jarronrodriguez4749
    @jarronrodriguez4749 2 роки тому

    Crazy how much work it takes to make crystallized sugar.

  • @raffiquehillocks7501
    @raffiquehillocks7501 2 роки тому

    How they know how to create the machines that create other stuff do amazing.

  • @jellyonaplate1026
    @jellyonaplate1026 2 роки тому +83

    Sugar is now off my menu for anything! Thanks 'How it's made'!

    • @shakinaantra9310
      @shakinaantra9310 2 роки тому +3

      Are you sure???? Swear ???🤣

    • @yerlenjonson6124
      @yerlenjonson6124 2 роки тому

      ultra-processed you meant

    • @thesauce1682
      @thesauce1682 2 роки тому +2

      Trust me you ain't gonna do that. Sugar is the world strongest addiction.

    • @shakinaantra9310
      @shakinaantra9310 2 роки тому

      Potato has sugar,your fruits has sugar,your veges has sugar..🤣🤣🤣

    • @julielove5779
      @julielove5779 2 роки тому +5

      I watched this video about 3 years ago and from that day I have not had ANY sugar. This video shows exactly how they're poisoning us. A wonderful result of not eating sugar, is I don't eat any processed food now either (because every processed food - in a jar, carton, box, container - has some form of sugar in it). The best result though of eliminating sugar from my diet ... Every day I feel better than the day before. And my brain power, well, it's off the charts. If you were to name something in your diet that causes inflammation or health problems, things like gluten, dairy or soy might come to mind. But sugar is the universal inflammatory. Now, go raise your standards and eliminate this processed product. You will thank yourself!!

  • @Twee877
    @Twee877 5 років тому +591

    My question is how in the hell do they keep the insects out with all that sweetness everywhere ?

    • @DinoNucci
      @DinoNucci 5 років тому +13

      Mr. Miagie

    • @kerengrey1798
      @kerengrey1798 5 років тому +20

      maybe it was Chemicals

    • @Wolfy528
      @Wolfy528 5 років тому +66

      Insects know not to eat this white poison.

    • @avalife6784
      @avalife6784 5 років тому +19

      @@Wolfy528 lol its not poison. Insects love sugar

    • @dreadknot2238
      @dreadknot2238 5 років тому +24

      They use darude sandstorm

  • @NEMO-NEMO
    @NEMO-NEMO 2 роки тому

    When you view a video of how cane is processed in a small family cane plot, you realize the additions that are added to commercial type sugar processing.
    The creation of the sand like, white powder requires much more chemicals and processes than the sugar that is used and made in family plots.
    Without the sandy white powder, most modern dessert would not be possible.

  • @himilayanpoppy3847
    @himilayanpoppy3847 Рік тому

    Great video ....
    Can we have a follow up on the damages that sugar does please 🤔

  • @Isabella-iu2fe
    @Isabella-iu2fe 5 років тому +1239

    You make it so complex when in Minecraft you just need 3 sugar cane