TIPP CITY — Hoping to reduce their de-icing salt usage 20 to 30 percent, the Tipp City street department has begun experimenting with a mixture of beet juice and de-icing salt.

Some crews in Illinois are filling their tanks with an organic go-to liquid to melt snow, primarily on roads. The super-mix substance? Beet juice. Assistant Director of Public Works in Arlington ...

The juice is a byproduct of extracting sugar from sugar beets. If it weren’t being sprayed on roads, the juice would likely be used in cattle feed, Demaray said. Other carbohydrates also may work.

CEDAR RAPIDS – Beet juice and new technology should help Cedar Rapids crews to more efficiently handle winter weather this … Skip to content Subscribe Today ...

KDOT says there are a lot of benefits to the pungent mix. “Based on the concentration of beet juice mixed with brine, it can help control ice when it gets cold, mostly around, like, 0 degrees.

Several states and some major U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C. and Chicago, use beet juice to melt snow and ice.

Beet juice is seen on a mixing tank used in the making of coloring at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.

Beet juice is seen on a mixing tank used in the making of coloring at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.