I remember reading once (sorry, couldn’t find the source) that the three developed nations that consume the most cane sugar were Switzerland, Israel, and Singapore. Intuitively, that makes sense.
Of course, those are the countries where people are keeling over at age 50...
No, that’s wrong. Those countries all have average lifespans of over 80.
If anyone has a source that can confirm or refute my memory, please post. Thanks.
Not sure why Israel and Singapore "make sense", although Switzerland does due to their chocolate industry.
However, the most recent figures I found indicated Brazil, Australia and Thailand as the largest consumers.
This makes much more sense: cane sugar is cheap and plentiful in Brazil and is in everything sweet there, in lieu of corn syrup.
Australians eat pretty much like Americans do, but they also use sugar instead of corn syrup as their prime sweetener.
Thailand's national coffee beverage is famous for its extreme sweetness, it is drunk there by everyone of every age and again, they use sugar instead of corn syrup.
Brazil and Thailand have a lower life expectancy than the US and Australia has a higher.
America is fourth in consumption in terms of sugar and first in corn syrup.