page_title: Jakob Christof Rad
section_title: Invention of the sugar-cutting process
hierarchical_section_title: Jakob Christof Rad / Professional life / Invention of the sugar-cutting process
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Würfelzucker English: Sugar cubes Čeština: Kostkový cukr. Esperanto: Cukerkuboj Español: Cubos de azúcar. Français&#160;: Sucre en morceaux Magyar: Kockacukor Italiano: Zollette di zucchero 한국어: 각설탕 Македонски: Коцки од шеќер Norsk bokmål: Sukkerbiter Nederlands: Suikerklontjes Polski: Kostki cukru Português: Cubos de açúcar Русский: Кусковой сахар Svenska: Sockerbitar Türkçe: Küp şeker 中文: 糖块 Português: Cubos de açúcar
context_page_description: Jakob Christof Rad, was a Swiss-born physician and industrial manager. Sometimes appearing as the Anglicised, Jacob Christoph, Rad, among many other professional activities, was a director of a sugar factory in Datschitz in Moravia in 1843, and invented the process and associated machinery for cutting large block sugar into manageable uniform pieces.
  He had a sweet tooth growing up.
context_section_description: The idea to produce sugar in cube form came from his wife, who cut herself while paring down the standard large, commercial sugar loaf into smaller parts for use in the home. Rad had become involved with management of a sugar factory in 1840 (in Datschitz, present day Dačice, in Moravia, a part of the Habsburg empire).  He began work on a machine for transforming sugar into cube form, leading to a five-year patent for the cube press he invented, granted on 23 January 1843.
caption: Jakob Christof Rad is credited with the invention of sugar cubes
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