A sweet aftertaste: how global sugar binge surprised even the world's top traders
(iStock) A home-baking frenzy, stimulus checks and stockpiling all meant that global demand fared quite well last season, proving wrong some of the world’s top sugar traders Refiners in Indonesia, the world’s largest importer of raw sugar, are set to bring in 10% more this year, according to the nation’s Sugar Refiners Association Top consumer India will see consumption rebound by as much as a million tons this season Even with restaurants, cinemas and stadiums shut, people kept binging on sugar. A home-baking frenzy, stimulus checks and stockpiling all meant that gl...