Amalgamated
sugar company
Amalgamated Sugar Company produces sugar from sugarbeets grown by the 700+ members of our cooperative. Amalgamated Sugar is the second largest manufacturer of sugar from sugarbeets in the United States and sells sugar across the country through our national sales company, National Sugar Marketing Cooperative, Inc.
Our History
From farm to factory to family table, Amalgamated Sugar has been bringing Real Sugar to customers for over 125 years. In 1997, sugarbeet growers formed the Snake River Sugar Company to purchase The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC. Since then, the Company has operated with a cooperative structure. In 2021, the two entities combined to create Amalgamated Sugar Company, an agricultural cooperative.
Sugarbeet
Amalgamated Sugar produces sugar from sugarbeets grown by its 700+ cooperative members, who raise sugarbeets on approximately 180,000 acres in Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Sugarbeets are root crops that thrive in temperate climates with a
growing season of approximately five months.
Planting occurs in late March or early April, and the harvest takes place in late September and October. When fully mature, a sugarbeet measures about a foot in length, weighs between two to five pounds, and contains around 18% sucrose.
SUGAR
Amalgamated Sugar produces refined granulated sugar and liquid sugar used as ingredients in trusted commercial goods found around the world. Each variety of industrial sugar we produce meets or exceeds desired expectations of food and beverage manufacturers.
Feed Products
Amalgamated Sugar produces and markets a variety of wholesome animal feed products derived from sugarbeets. Our feed products consist primarily of pulp (wet and dried), molasses, CSB, and specialty products. Our feed products are sold domestically and internationally.
National Sugar Marketing was formed in May 2011 by Amalgamated to market and sell their sugar. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative joined the partnership in 2016 and Western Sugar Cooperative joined in 2025. Amalgamated Sugar, Southern Minnesota, and Western Sugar are all grower-owned beet sugar cooperatives.
Amalgamated Research, Inc.
Based in Twin Falls, Idaho, Amalgamated Research originally served as the research and development department of the Amalgamated Sugar Company. In 1995, the research department split to form Amalgamated Research, Inc. (ARi), an independent company.
ARi operated independently until 2008, when it was bought back by Amalgamated Sugar as a wholly owned subsidiary. Now under the name Amalgamated Research LLC, the company maintains operation as ARi, a name that customers recognize and trust for product innovation and reliability.
ARi installed its first industrial-scale simulated moving bed (SMB) chromatography system in 1981 for high-fructose corn syrup production, and since that time, ARi has installed SMB and other separation systems for a variety of applications worldwide. These include the first use of SMB chromatography for beet molasses and the largest capacity SMB system in the world (750 tons per day).
In 1994, ARi patented the first fractal fluid distributor, becoming the first company in the world to manufacture engineered fractals for industrial use. The scope of applications for ARi’s fractal technology has since broadened to include fractal mixers, reactors, aerators, and more.
Today, ARi’s separation systems and fractal technology are installed for a diverse range of applications in more than 20 countries worldwide.
Employees
Amalgamated Sugar employs over 1,800 full-time employees, of which approximately 400 are salaried and 1,400 hourly. Substantially all of the hourly employees at the companies factories are represented by the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM). In addition, the company employs approximately 800 seasonal employees that work during sugarbeet harvest.
