In 1936 the United Kingdom parliament nationalised the entire UK sugar beet crop processing industry to form the British Sugar Corporation. At this time there were 13 separate companies with 18 factories across the country. In 1972 it began selling its sugar products under the name of Silver Spoon.

It was bought from the government by Berisford International in 1982 and in May of that year the company name was shortened to British Sugar. It was sold again on 2 January 1991 to Associated British Foods. Associated British Foods (ABF) is a multi-billion pound turnover British multinational with diverse food manufacturing interests and a secondary business in fashion retailing. ...

It currently has major processing factories in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (built in 1925), Telford, Shropshire and York. In the early 21st century it closed its processing factory in Kidderminster, Worcestershire although in the site was only sold in early 2006. Map sources for Bury St Edmunds at grid reference TL8564 Bury St Edmunds is a town in the county of Suffolk, England, with a population of 35,015 (2001 census). ... Suffolk (pronounced SUF-fk) is a large traditional and administrative county in the East Anglia region of eastern England. ... This article is about the British town. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Shrops) is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in the West Midlands region of England. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Map sources for Kidderminster at grid reference SO825765 Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ...

BP and DuPont are working with British Sugar, to convert the country´s first ethanol fermentation facility to produce biobutanol, in Wissington, England, east of Cambridge. BP plc (LSE: BP, NYSE: BP, TYO: 5051 ), originally British Petroleum, is a British energy company with headquarters in London, one of five vertically integrated private sector oil, natural gas, and petrol (gasoline) supermajors in the world, along with Royal Dutch Shell, ExxonMobil, Chevron, and Total. ... This article is about the DuPont company. ... Butanol (butyl alcohol) is a higher alcohol with a 4 carbon atom structure and a general formula of C4H10O. There are 4 different isomeric structures for butanol (refer to box). ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...

See also

• Biobutanol

Butanol (butyl alcohol) is a higher alcohol with a 4 carbon atom structure and a general formula of C4H10O. There are 4 different isomeric structures for butanol (refer to box). ...

External links

• British Sugar
• British Sugar at Kidderminster