Both leaves and roots of Sugar Beet may be eaten. The leaves can be lightly steamed for salads or lightly boiled as a vegetable if treated like English spinach.
Grown in well-dug, well-composted soil and watered regularly, the roots become tender, juicy and flavoursome.
The roots are prepared boiled like potato for serving mashed, diced or in sweet curries.
Often used to feed stock in Europe this root vegetable is high in nutrition and good tasting.
It is used commercially in Europe for the production of sugar.