Excellent Substitute for Cane Sugar No Additives or Fillers Extracted from Organic Sugar Beets New Look, Same Great Taste! The hardy sugar beet appears to be one tough tuber, but it's really a soft sweetie on the inside. Strip away the rugged exterior and you™ll find that sugar beets have a high sugar content, up to about 20% of the unprocessed plant root. NOW Real Food® Organic Beet Sugar is the refined extract of non-GMO sugar beets and is 99.7% sucrose, making it an ideal 1:1 substitute for cane sugar in most recipes. Persons with intolerance to refined cane sugar will find beet sugar to be a worthy replacement. NOW Real Food® Organic Beet Sugar is delightfully pure with no added ingredients.