Migros labels cane sugar
Bio Max Havelaar cane sugar from Paraguay is the latest product in Migros „CO2-Champions” series. According to climatop, this sugar has the lowest climate impact of all six calculated sugar products, including a sugar from Switzerland.
Bio Max Havelaar’s climate impact is approximately 40% lower in comparison to domestic and German sugar. This is mainly due to the fact that the cultivation of sugar cane is much less energy- intensive than the cultivation of sugar beet. In addition, organic agriculture does not employ pesticides and machinery use is limited. The energy needed to process sugar cane in the factory is climate-neutral as it is extracted from sugar cane waste. The extensive cultivation and the abandonment of burning the fields before harvesting leads to a total environmental impact much lower than in other sugar products - despite the longer distances. According to climatop, sugar cubes and crude sugar from Columbia also have better results in comparison to European sugar.