Where Did Sugar Come From? - Addicted To Pleasure

Where Did Sugar Come From? - Addicted To Pleasure - BBC

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9 жыл бұрын

Brian Cox looks into where sugar originally came from and talks to a sugar historian about when it arrived in Britain. Taken from Addicted To Pleasure.
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@prashikshegaonkar5357 3 жыл бұрын

Not one Mention of India where Sugar was actually first created. The Word Sugar itself comes from Sanskrit word “Sarkara” which itself means ground substance.

@ganeshcsaiisc 3 жыл бұрын

and Candy which comes from Sanskrit 'Khanda'

@arcsaber1127 2 жыл бұрын

BBC what do you expect

@BlueSky-sf4rj 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info. I'm interested in the subject, currently looking for books on the subject.

@eedobee 2 жыл бұрын

Wrong, it comes from sugar daddy.

@ronaldkatananyali8409 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar from India, Arabs conquered India, Arab or moors and Jews traded it in Europe

@Nikoyew 8 жыл бұрын

fantastic series , i'd love to learn more about it . Hope BBC planning to make a full version :)

@unumkumunu7621 5 жыл бұрын

Saccharum barberi, is native to N.India from which sugar was originally produced Sanskrit term "Sarkara" is the base of all modern names of Sugar

@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Жыл бұрын

Sugarcane wasintroduced to asia by natives of papua new guninea, it is not native to india,it reach india several thousand years ago from south east asia.

@TheMagua09 Жыл бұрын

Saccharum officinarum is native from Indonesian islands

@aliimran2485 3 жыл бұрын

The first chemically refined sugar appeared on the scene in India about 2,500 years ago. From there, the technique spread east towards China, and west towards Persia and the early Islamic worlds, eventually reaching the Mediterranean in the 13th century.

@gangstalion8748 2 жыл бұрын

Basically one of the first drug dealers cause sugar more addictive than any drug

@cheliae8560 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for this information!

@addiecoughlin5616 3 жыл бұрын

I wish this talked more about the slaves and their lives with sugar but good video

@Definitelynotjewish 3 жыл бұрын

No one cares enough liberal horse shit

@sparrow3394 3 жыл бұрын

@@Definitelynotjewish ...

@unumkumunu7621 6 жыл бұрын

Sankrit : Sarkara | Persian: Shakar | Arabic : Sukkar | Latin: Saccarum | French: Sucre

@marvinoneale8032 5 жыл бұрын

English : suger American : sug, suga, sugar, the good stuff , diabetus crystals French: shu-gare

@petetong9725 4 жыл бұрын

@@marvinoneale8032 not sugar?

@DBT1007 4 жыл бұрын

@Cresent and star from Latin of course. Scientific name always come from Latin. It's discrimination really. But Welp. It's better to use one fixed language.

@priyankab2252 3 жыл бұрын

Your right ,...

@IBrainedMyDamage 3 жыл бұрын

@@marvinoneale8032 The Archies: Sugar... ah honey honey

@SandViolet 9 жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff.

@ganeshcsaiisc 3 жыл бұрын

LOL! Sugar was first manufactured in India. It was monopoly of India untill 15th century. The name itself came from Sanskrit. In your documentary you didnt even mention India, thats laughable.

@9polio 2 жыл бұрын

Shut up. Indians always want to make everything about themselves

@ganeshcsaiisc 2 жыл бұрын

@@9polio dude! Trust me! No one hates indians more than myself. But that is what history says. Sugar = India.

@user-ov8ei2ep8o 2 жыл бұрын

@@9polio yes he is right, sugar was first consumed in india, people from all around the world came for it, thats why we have the first right to every sweet and dessert in the world

@user-ov8ei2ep8o 2 жыл бұрын

@@ganeshcsaiisc why the f u have indians

@abhishekkerulkar2245 2 жыл бұрын

@@9polio sugar first consumed in india around 1000 years ago

@beppo2814 Жыл бұрын

I was practically at the end of this video before I realized the host was Brian Cox, bad guy extraordinaire.

@abhijitdeo1800 4 жыл бұрын

Sugar was invented and first produced in India

@ahmedamine2189 4 жыл бұрын

Nope Arab s source seed they. Are. From actually Malaysia But Arab are the forst to product sugar

@DBT1007 4 жыл бұрын

@@ahmedamine2189 yes, but actually no. Malay Peninsula(including Singapore and Northern part of Sumatera) back then is a trading post. Soo the original place of sugarcane is not really Malaysia. But the Arab traders indeed trade there. It was the Javanese that control all the flow of the spices, rice, and etc in the Southeast Asia archipelago region. Javanese use their rice and other resources to trade for spices and sugar from the east(Eastern Indonesia region). And then they sell some of them for porcelain, cloth, jar, etc from the west(Malay Peninsula).

@DBT1007 4 жыл бұрын

And for this India thing guy, you're dumb. Really. If you're Indian, then you're an overproud Indian. Don't be like that. Please learn more about knowledge. Edit: just search "history of sugar" on Google. It's clearly says that sugar came from Papua or NewGuinea Island. But since India have civilization and language&writing system back then, then the historians care more about India. So the name "sugar" came from Sanskrit language "sarkara". We should name it with Papuan language though...

@ganeshcsaiisc 3 жыл бұрын

@@DBT1007 Sugar cane came from Papua New Guinea, but the crystallization of sugar was invented by Ancient Indians. Even Chinese travellers learned the processing of sugar from Northern India.

@b.m.5068 2 жыл бұрын

@@DBT1007 Papuans domesticated sugarcane. They didn't make the crystallized form of sugar. That was invented in India. Stop making a fool of yourself

@muhumads 9 жыл бұрын

Wow I'm interested to learn more about it

@NickWalkerWilliamson Жыл бұрын

I was so fascinated with all the sugar talk, I didn’t even notice Brian Cox was the one interviewing him.

@najemo2024 6 жыл бұрын

In Tamil, the word "Sakkaram" means "Wheel" which was spun (Large Wooden Wheel) to produce sugar and the finished product is called "Sakkarai". When rich took it around the world for profit, they took the word as well, making Sakkarai --> Saccara --> sucra -->sucre --> Sugar. The word "Saccharin" (artificial sweetener) also derived from this alone. But as usual history always changes/forgotten with time..!

@Don_Pedro-SodFather 7 жыл бұрын

Why isn't the full episode available?

@zurzakne-etra7069 3 жыл бұрын

I hope they spoke about the slave trade

@Carpe_Diem_XCIII 5 жыл бұрын

Where can I find the full videos of this guy and his documentaries he does

@Adriana-le7hu 3 жыл бұрын

Where is the full episode?

@ekamsat429 Жыл бұрын

There is a reason why the terms like "sugar" and "candy" are of Sanskrit origin. Beyond just growing of sugarcane, the ancient history of sugar is largely of Indian ingenuity in refining and producing the crystals, which allowed its easy spread - via the Arab route - and adoption worldwide. India dominated the sugar trade for many centuries, which, along with cotton, greatly enriched its economy. It is historically documented how India transferred this valuable tech to China and elsewhere. This documentary should have touched upon it but who can accuse BBC of being knowledgeable of history?

@cindiislas7280 3 жыл бұрын

I want to send this to my dad, is there a Spanish version of this?

@clarkorion197 6 жыл бұрын

What I'd gathered, from an English point of view, was that the first contact with sugar was around 1100 through crusaders (=religious war fighters) who’d been to the Middle East (and the people there who in turn had slowly introduced it for several centuries, as they’d imported it from South, South-East Asia (where it’d emerged in the climate, as it’s a type of large grasses, which, like maize and bamboo, are in the ‘Poaceae’ family.)) Later (1600s) taken by then small, exclusive societies of English aristocratics such as merchants/traders/privateers who started cultivating it on overseas’ land.

@HairGlitter Жыл бұрын

Probably the French who planted it in Haiti.

@My_Big_Dragon 5 жыл бұрын

Sugar was invented and processed in Southern India or some says Bangladesh. Look it up.

@sandeepjoshua3019 4 жыл бұрын

INDIA invented cow dung and full of diseases

@ahmedamine2189 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. Malaysia

@aparnadalai2254 4 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepjoshua3019 shut up idiot

@sparrow3394 3 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepjoshua3019 shush

@b.m.5068 2 жыл бұрын

@@sandeepjoshua3019 and jesus invented a fake story of virgin birth. In reality the mother was a prostitute

@Jackthebill 6 жыл бұрын

What nonsense sugar was used in India centuries ago which was then discovered by the Arab traders who had it exported to via trade route check wiki....the history or sugar... brits always have their own version in every topic and what is the topic about sugar craft or sugar?🤔

@willmunday7603 5 жыл бұрын

Its not the brits ots bbc lmao

@desimakkar1367 5 жыл бұрын

Juiggery jaggery suiggery Jud thousands years old word in Hindustan india . 1850 British took and brown chuk piece or gud from India to Britain and bring to world as sugar

@iambhargab770 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar was first produced from sugarcane plants in India sometime after the first century AD. The derivation of the word "sugar" is thought to be from Sanskrit शर्करा (śarkarā), meaning "ground or candied sugar," originally "grit, gravel". But no India is mentioned

@mhatopzz4098 9 ай бұрын

No, because sugarcanes was first cultivated in Papua, then after Austronesian contact, the austronesians brought it to India, and there Indians spread it to persia and arabia, then the rest of the world

@andrewmouzakitis4472 Жыл бұрын

How did they process it into a sculptable matirial?

@mon3497 3 жыл бұрын

Suagar originated from India ... Sharkara .. we gave wolrd brown sugar and they turned it to white

@zurzakne-etra7069 3 жыл бұрын

wait so nothing about the slave trade?

@testingsomething5280 3 жыл бұрын

Right?

@germen343 3 жыл бұрын

This is about the origins of sugar in the UK. This is pre-Colombian. You should've paid more attention in history class.

@bcgrote 9 жыл бұрын

This explains a bit why even today the Scandinavian countries' "candies" are not very sweet, or are fruit based. Mmm, salmiakki.

@kohyarnaderi5928 3 жыл бұрын

If Henry the 3rd had a bag of sugar does that mean the refining process existed then?

@cleofaspingarron 21 күн бұрын

can you imagine to have to have a sculpture in your house made of kokayn?? 😲😲

@mmarci23 5 жыл бұрын

What is music name in these video

@Itsbuckjames Жыл бұрын

2:20 "And this would be consumed it wouldn't be just ornamental, it was totally ornamental."? Wait. So it was consumed?

@REELFEEDMEDIA 9 жыл бұрын

a killer story

@AkiffHssn 8 жыл бұрын

Antman would destroy that lol

@peterkorisa911 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to know to sugar cane is a native to Pacific Island (Papua New Guinea).

@brucewayne2955 3 жыл бұрын

A man from England saying "6 feet high". Hmm... That's pretty sus

@skadzi6897 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone here from online school?

@rushisy 3 жыл бұрын

yup lol

@russlleno 2 жыл бұрын

my X who I don't want to be with over my dead body is named Ivan. And I remember being happy whenever its "Ivan Day". lol😂 1:25

@sasssine 9 жыл бұрын

The word "Sugar", or "Sucre" in French, originates from the Arabic word "سكر", pronounced "Sukkar".

@CoverdaleBlue1 7 жыл бұрын

Also Açúcar in Portuguese

@sasssine 7 жыл бұрын

Actually, "Açúcar" sounds even closer to the Arabic "Assukkar" (السكر), which means "THE sugar", or "LE sucre" in French. Thank you Miss Diogo for the info.

@CoverdaleBlue1 7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@CoverdaleBlue1 7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@SagarWani1991 6 жыл бұрын

Its from india, sanskrit word is "Sharkara", similarly word candy is derived from the Sanskrit word "khanda" which is single sugar crystal

@CelesteTuman 3 жыл бұрын

There was a time before ice cream. :)

@josei.alcantara4135 4 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they talk about the sugar cane fields they created in America and how that defined the role of modern slavery?

@iambhargab770 2 жыл бұрын

Yes , but Sugar comes from India they invent it

@southasian5743 2 жыл бұрын

Best proof Not all information on Internet is true This people covered truth sooo well lol

@supajasiu 7 жыл бұрын

... where the hell did the SUgar beats run off to BBC?

@slaves329. Жыл бұрын

The most dangerous drug there is. I gave it up weeks ago my life is completely changed now. Unreal

@unbound2424 5 жыл бұрын

Plants (fruits and veggies) have natural sugars we shouldn't eat bagged sugar, it's literally a drug. But not a drug drug, sugar reacts he same way in your body like drugs

@MrAmmarqazan 9 жыл бұрын

thanks , please add English subtitles

@CoverdaleBlue1 7 жыл бұрын

It's already spoken in English :-)

@saphyr2206 6 жыл бұрын

For french people

@abdulbaridughaish1336 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the helpful material you posted, so we know that white sugar is a modern invader in human nutrition compared to the foods humans ate on their life journey that extends into the depths of history!

@JaCeLyN1431 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar as we know it the white substance was invented in Persia and the word sugar is taken directly from Persian language shekar. Arabic version of it is suker. Thanks.

@akashpatel8410 11 ай бұрын

Sugar was invited in India

@gumptionsvideographyproduc9971 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else eating sugarcane while watching this? Or just me 🤷🏾‍♂️

@tropicalkess5581 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaooooo you from the island a? All we do is eat came in the summer

@user-ov8ei2ep8o 2 жыл бұрын

sugar was first consumed in india, people from all around the world came for it, thats why we have the first right to every sweet and dessert in the world

@dannystueland562 2 жыл бұрын

This man sounds like Zamazu

@SNFDNSD 9 ай бұрын

No mention of India? wow

@Nemesis_T_Type 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder what will the ancient royals think of a modern day grocery store.

@Ali-mj2gm 5 жыл бұрын

Nemesis T-Type the average middle class person in a first world country has it better than they ever did.

@marvinoneale8032 5 жыл бұрын

Unholy

@HimanshuRastogizzz 3 жыл бұрын

Why thry have problem in saying Sugar co

@wavykhan7735 3 жыл бұрын

Sugar comes from Punjab , British always rewriting history

@EarmuffHugger 3 жыл бұрын

Always has, is and will shorten lives...😐

@SouravBagchigoogleplus 3 жыл бұрын

Sugar was invented in India.

@captainfalcon8615 2 жыл бұрын

Save yourself the Time and don't try to find "Addicted to Pleasure BBC full length" on the internet trying to find the full documentary because you will not find these I can assure you that you'll find something very different

@captainfalcon8615 2 жыл бұрын

And not knowing how to spell Brian Cox definitely won't help your search either lol

@willmitchell2450 9 жыл бұрын

Brian cox?

@BakedPotatoFiend 9 жыл бұрын

Will Mitchell Yeah the actor m8

@seamusandpat 9 жыл бұрын

Will Mitchell www.imdb.com/name/nm0004051/ see Bourne Supremacy, X-Men2, Ironclad etc etc Great actor with a mesmerising technique and voice. Brian Cox the physicist, is another chap altogether....Wonders of the Solar System, Wonders of the Universe etc etc ...

@willmitchell2450 9 жыл бұрын

Cheers, I was really confused

@DanyaAnderson 9 жыл бұрын

Will Mitchell i also wondered what a physicist would be doing with sugar molds

@me.atul10 3 жыл бұрын

Jaggery was used in India. Ancient records say jaggery, not sugar. Sugar is bad, bad societies discover bad things. Jaggery is good. India, a good society. 🤭😋

@sachingull 2 жыл бұрын

In middle east they cannot grow anything owing to the climate, Plant was produced in India and reached Europe via middle easy business persons

@user-vs7gv4cn8o 7 ай бұрын

Wheat originated in the Middle East, and sugar originated in New Guinea

@user-vs7gv4cn8o Ай бұрын

Agriculture began in the Middle East😂

@S.jega94 6 жыл бұрын

Why do I keep finding traces of Arabian origin in almost all of what is now call the European civilisation, yet we're told that Europeans invented everything? 😕

@MichaelNaness 6 жыл бұрын

Salim Jega nobody was ever told Europeans invented sugar or everything for that matter 😂😂

@NukaColaCaps 6 жыл бұрын

Sjw

@unumkumunu7621 5 жыл бұрын

Arabic invention ,you better study some real world history 8 BCE Chinese manuscript attest that Sugar was produced in India

@TheArcesz 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody ever told you that you just need to study more.

@marvinoneale8032 5 жыл бұрын

Because the church banned such knowledge because it doesn't want to acknowledge alot of Europe had been under Muslim control. Also hence why Europeans began enslaving the Africans after they broke free from the African enslavers.

@marquisknight-jacks 5 жыл бұрын

Is there more?? Are they not gonna talk about how Europeans grew sugar in the Americas...via African slavery... which eventually gave them economic power & leverage over the rest of world?

@mommyrome2000 3 жыл бұрын

Robert de Niro

@lolzlmaosym 3 жыл бұрын

Online school?

@saltymcsaltface 3 жыл бұрын

Status

@marvinoneale8032 5 жыл бұрын

Why does it not mention it was the crusaders who found suger and brought it back to Europe

@LulaJake 3 жыл бұрын

Sugar is edible cocaine.

@TheAdventuresOfMontuMiah 4 жыл бұрын

Eh! As the Europeans was the pinochle of all...the intro makes me sick. Sugar (Brown sugar) was invented back in India, to be specific southern Tamil and in Bengal.