Production of Sugar and Molasses  

In sugar factories, the sugar cane is cut into small pieces and the sugar is extracted by milling or diffusion processes. After the extraction process, the juice is clarified and the sugar is crystallized by heating and evaporation processes. The crystallized sugar is centrifuged and molasses, a blackish highly viscous liquor is removed.  The molasses is used as fertilizer or as raw material for ethanol production. Exchanges associated with sugar production vary from factory to factory depending on production technology, equipment used as well as operational practices.

Typical exchanges associated with sugar and molasses production based on sugar cane

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