The document summarizes the four main steps to produce common sugar from sugar beet or sugarcane: 1) Extraction of the juice by crushing the beet or cane, 2) Purification of the juice by making it alkaline and allowing impurities to settle out, 3) Concentration and crystallization of the juice by evaporation into a syrup, and 4) Separation and drying of the sugar crystals from the syrup. The byproduct bagasse can be used as fuel or to make cardboard.