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Sugar Beet Waste Product Could be Billion Dollar 'Wonder Material'

A natural material made from sugar beet waste to thicken paints, bulk out food, and potentially even manufacture airplane wings has been devised by Scottish scientists, and could become a billion dollar global export.

A natural material made from sugar beet waste to thicken paints, bulk out food, and potentially even manufacture airplane wings has been devised by Scottish scientists, and could become a billion dollar global export. Jim Drury reports.