Producers of organic beet sugar in Germany face stiff competition from abroad. Although the issue of sustainability might represent an important advantage in favor of Germany-based production, reliable, independent studies on the relative ecological and social sustainability of organic beet sugar versus imported organic cane sugar are lacking. Given this lack of reliable sources, we compared the ecological and social impact of organic, beet-sugar production at Südzucker AG to the production of organic cane sugar imported from South America.