The History of Sugar | Sugar and its Indian Origin | Food History | Where did Sugar come from?

Did you know that Sugar has a close connection with India, or that it has caused more pain, bloodshed and turmoil than you can imagine? Catch Archaeologist and Culinary Anthropologist Dr. Kurush Dalal as he tells us the bittersweet story of Sugar...

0:00 - Introduction
0:25 - Grass known as Sugarcane
1:09 - Sugar in Ancient India
1:57 - Chinese technique of refined sugar
3:00 - Roman references to Indian sugar
4:59 - European attempts to make sugar
5:20 - Sugar's connection to slavery



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