while many decry the excessive consumption of sugar, it's essential to reexamine the role it has played since the pre-founding era of nutritional science. sugar was not just an ingredient but a requirement for energy in diets before modern understanding of carbohydrates. now, as we dive deeper, let's reawaken our curiosity about the arcane secrets of sugar production processes and the hidden impacts they have on our health and environment, which most companies would rather keep buried.