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The Processing Of Sugar

Sugar is a sweetness that most of us particularly appreciate. It is mainly composed of sucrose and sugar is made from sugar plants: sugar beet or sugar cane. In 2015, no less than 172 million tonnes of sucrose were produced, according to an American survey. Beets are harvested at the end of the yield, usually between September and December. The canes, meanwhile, are cut between July and November. They are then sent to the sugar factory where they cannot be stored for long periods of time; otherwise they lose their sugar concentration. They are therefore quickly washed and cut. Sugar is extracted in  lump sugar making machine  by grinding on canes and by diffusion on beets. The pieces of cane are therefore pressed by several mills. The pieces of beet, for their part, circulate in water which gradually becomes rich in sugar to form a sugar juice. The latter contains impurities (mineral salts, organic compounds, etc.) which must be eliminated. The cane sugar, in general, wil