Red beet has a good polyphenol content, leaves and stem juice have been shown to reduce high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Sugar extracted by industrial process from beet follows this procedure:

beets are cut into slices, then cleaned in hot water at 70°.

The pulp is dissolved in a sauce containing amino acids, salts and sugar.

To separate the sugar from the water, the process passes from an evaporation phase to centrifugation where brown sugar crystals are extracted and finally the white sugar.