Sugar During World War II: War Records Monograph-3

Sugar was in shorter supply than most other foods in the United States throughout nearly all of World War II. It was the first food to be rationed after the outbreak of war and the only one not removed from ration control before 1946. The shortage of sugar existed in varying degrees in most of the United Nations and was generally more serious for our European allies than for the United States. This shortage of sugar was in marked contrast to the situation in prewar years when sugar was abundant and prices were extremely low from the producers standpoint.

Ballinger, Roy Arthur;

National Agricultural Library

United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics

1946