New Posts For Thread: Watch the Brits panic - OH NO !! A SUGAR SHORTAGE !!http://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortageToday it has been announced that there is not enough sugar to go around, due to poor weather and low harvests in places like Brazil (it has rained every day in Sao Paolo for 7 weeks, as an example) and prices have risen to 30c a pound - a 30 year higBritish farmers grow sugar beet that is processed in the UK. All we need to do is remove any "quota" that the EU has imposed on us then we can turn the land wasted in set aside to good use and be self sufficient in sugar.If we get out of the EU and ghttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389676001#389676001British farmers grow sugar beet that is processed in the UK. All we need to do is remove any "quota" that the EU has imposed on us then we can turn the land wasted in set aside to good use and be self sufficient in sugar.If we get out of the EU and gMon, 08 Feb 2010 05:40:59 -0600I am diabetic, so I wont miss it muchhttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389653457#389653457I am diabetic, so I wont miss it muchSun, 07 Feb 2010 20:58:43 -0600We have been through this before, and no doubt we will go through it again in a number of years.As long as these companies don't go stupid, we should get through it.I personally can drink my coffee with no sugar, so if it were to happen would not affhttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389647121#389647121We have been through this before, and no doubt we will go through it again in a number of years.As long as these companies don't go stupid, we should get through it.I personally can drink my coffee with no sugar, so if it were to happen would not affSun, 07 Feb 2010 19:47:05 -0600For instance (Taken from review of Thai sugar production)''Sugar - Facing TroublesThailand's sugar production this year is expected to be about 7 million tons. Of this, 5 million tons will be exported. Thailand's Commerce Ministry is expecting a sugahttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389489669#389489669For instance (Taken from review of Thai sugar production)''Sugar - Facing TroublesThailand's sugar production this year is expected to be about 7 million tons. Of this, 5 million tons will be exported. Thailand's Commerce Ministry is expecting a sugaSat, 06 Feb 2010 08:56:42 -0600Nice thought, Expattaffy - but Thailand and Brazil were the two countries specifically mentioned as having growing problems recently...Fact is, we grow our own too, and Wissey beet factory is very close to here - but when the UK gets a whiff of thishttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389489337#389489337Nice thought, Expattaffy - but Thailand and Brazil were the two countries specifically mentioned as having growing problems recently...Fact is, we grow our own too, and Wissey beet factory is very close to here - but when the UK gets a whiff of thisSat, 06 Feb 2010 08:50:31 -0600I always put sugar in my coffee. Not heard of any shortage in Germany.http://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389488957#389488957I always put sugar in my coffee. Not heard of any shortage in Germany.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:44:55 -0600Wont bother us in Thailand, we grow our own. As the song goes, Weeeeellll aaaah sppooonnffuull of sugar helps the medicine go down.http://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389487481#389487481Wont bother us in Thailand, we grow our own. As the song goes, Weeeeellll aaaah sppooonnffuull of sugar helps the medicine go down.Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:14:57 -0600..nip down Poundland cobbers, they do bloody big bags of the stuff for a quid............build you own sandbags it's so cheap!!http://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389485789#389485789..nip down Poundland cobbers, they do bloody big bags of the stuff for a quid............build you own sandbags it's so cheap!!Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:34:02 -0600Just one thing to add, in case you thought the thread was duff info...On August 7th, some 6 months ago, some of the USA's largest food processors, including Mars, Hershey's, General Mills and Kraft, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsachttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389485757#389485757Just one thing to add, in case you thought the thread was duff info...On August 7th, some 6 months ago, some of the USA's largest food processors, including Mars, Hershey's, General Mills and Kraft, sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom VilsacSat, 06 Feb 2010 07:32:33 -0600LOL - and fruit sugars aren't ??Perhaps you should read up on production of HFCS and Fructose, and production of sugar from Beet or Cane.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructosehttp://www.mysun.co.uk/go/thread/view/88618/22364229/watch-the-brits-panic---oh-no-a-sugar-shortage?post_id=389485353#389485353LOL - and fruit sugars aren't ??Perhaps you should read up on production of HFCS and Fructose, and production of sugar from Beet or Cane.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FructoseSat, 06 Feb 2010 07:21:09 -0600