If sugar costs $1.70/kg, but takes 100kgs of sugarcane and over 2000L of water to produce that 1 kg, how is the end product profitable?

Question

If sugar costs $1.70/kg, but takes 100kgs of sugarcane and over 2000L of water to produce that 1 kg, how is the end product profitable?

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Answer 1

Sugar is cancer food. It is a highly addictive drug and it sickens the populace. Even with subsidies and even if it is grown and processed at a loss, sugar is an investment in sick people. Sick people need pharmaceutical drugs and medical care.

The end product is financial gain reaped from the sick. That is why sugar is an ingredient in nearly all processed food. That is why it is cheaper to get a large value meal with a sugary beverage than it is to buy all the parts of the meal a la carte.