White sugar cube dissolving in brown Tanduay rum.
The timelapse video of 36 seconds shows a beet sugar cube dissolving in rum for 45 minutes in realtime.
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video copyright by charlesleflamand (c) 2022

Some interesting facts about sugar:

Sugar is found in all plants.
Sugar has been around for 10,000 years.
Sugar does not spoil.
Sugar saves limbs – and lives.
Sugar is a good source of energy.
Sugar is also a preservative.
We are born to crave sugar – it’s in our DNA.
Lemon has more sugar than strawberries.
European royalty once made giant sugar sculptures called 'subtleties'.
Eating too much sugar may not only cause obesity but can also give you more wrinkles.
Dogs have a sweet tooth, but cats don't.
Overconsumption of sugar has been linked to lower cognitive abilities.
The three main categories of sugar are monosaccharides, disaccharides, and polyols.
Sugar is the main component in “rocket candy”—a popular form of model rocket fuel.
The people of New Guinea were most likely the first to domesticate sugar cane around 8000 B.C.
The American Heart Association recommends that adult women eat no more than 6 teaspoons, of added sugar and men no more than 9 teaspoons, per day. The current average consumption is over 30 teaspoons of sugar per day.
The tallest sugar cube tower measured 6 feet, 10 inches and was built by Camille Courgeon of France on July 1, 2013.
Worldwide, people consume 500 extra calories a day from sugar, which is roughly the amount of calories needed to gain a pound a week.
Too much sugar can increase the overall risk for heart disease. In fact, sugar actually changes the muscle protein of the heart as well as the pumping mechanics of the heart.
Excess sugar consumption has been linked to cancer production.
Sugar addiction may be genetic.
A 2009 study found that glucose consumption accelerated the aging of cells in the body.
More than half of the 8.4 million metric tons of sugar that is produced in the United States each year comes from sugar beets.
The sweetest compound known is called lugduname. It’s over 20,000 times sweeter than sugar.
Soft drinks are responsible for most of the added sugar in the average American diet.
According to brain scans, sugar is as addictive as cocaine.
Originally, people would chew sugar cane raw for its sweetness. Indians were the first to crystallize sugar during the Gupta dynasty around A.D. 350.

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