Sugar beet powder

Sugar beets are almost always used for making refined white sugar. What if instead, why not just dry the beets and powderize them(...)( research needed: maybe they should be boiled/blanched first to break down the cell walls? idk ), making a convenient cheap whole food with at least some nutrients besides empty calories? It could still be used as a sweetener - sure the taste might not mix nicely with everything, but it might very well be delicious in some recipes.

Does it exist already?

Googling "sugar beet powder" comes up with expensive supplement powders that are clearly not what I'm talking about. Sugar beets are obviously cheap, as they are used for making cheap sugar. Where could we get a powderized version of those same cheap beets? ^{[RESEARCH needed]}

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See also

• Underutilized foodstuffs#Molasses - including beet molasses, a byproduct of refining the beets to make white sugar. (...)( But I bet a lot of nutrients are lost to heat/caramelization (compared to sugar beet powderization). )