what if the beet sugar process wasnt discovered?
this process made it possible to make suagr in temperart zones instead of relying on the colonies for cane sugar and allowd more flexibility. today its 20% of the sugar made mostly in europe.
but what if this process wasnt discovered and the countries with sugarcane held a monopoly on sugar. there are other ways people got sweetners but real sugar... its the OG others arent the same