procedures are
established by the end seller, and we
are limited to
offering sugar under these
conditions.
Our market knowledge enables
us to bring different
offers from various sellers end,
allowing us to maintain competitive prices.
Below you can find the links where to get the
procedures for each type of operation.
KNOWING SUGAR
Sugar an
important food also commonly known as sucrose is
white crystalline substance, tastes sweet, a
carbohydrate and 100% soluble in water. Sugar
(Sucrose) is a natural combination of fructose
and glucose. It is very stable product.
CHEMICAL
FORMULA FOR SUGAR:
12CO2
+ 11H2O = C12 H22 O11 + 12 O2
TYPES
OF SUGAR:
Raw
Refined
Crystal
Muscavado
Demerara
Caster
Icing
Premium Liquid Sugar
Fine Liquid Sugar
Invert
White
Crystal
Refined - Fine Granulated
RAW
MATERIALS FOR SUGAR:
Sugar
Cane -- a large tropical grass
Beet
Root
Other
items used are Corn (only used for sweeteners)
HOW
IS SUGAR MADE?
Raw Sugar is made
in large refineries by crushing cane sugar (Sachrum
officenarum) or beet root (Beta vulgaris) to
obtain juice and boiling this juice to remove
water and processing the juice so obtained to
make unrefined raw sugar. This is sometimes also
known as panela. Generally cane sugar is
produced by tropical countries and the beet
sugar by the cold/European areas.
COUNTRY
OF ORIGIN:
Australia
Brazil
Colombia
Cuba
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Poland
Turkey
Mexico
Russia
UK
USA
West Indies
Others
WORLD'S
SUGAR PRODUCTION:
The world at the moment is annually
producing about 133 million tonnes. There are
110 countries involved in its production. It is
estimated that 25 million tonnes is dumped on
the world market below the market price.
PACKING
FOR SUGAR:
Sugar can be packed in minute sachets of
10 grams to 50kg or even larger packing sizes.
Popular packed sizes are 500gms, 1kg, 2kg,
12.5kg, 25 kg and 50 kg.
SUGAR STANDARDS & SPECIFCATIONS:
REFINED
SUGAR GRADE
A -
ICUMSA 45
Origin
:
Brazil
Icumsa
:
45 RBU
Polarization
:
99.80% Min
Ash content
:
0.04% Max
Moisture
:
0.04% Max
Solubility
:
100% Free Flowing
Radiation
:
Normal
Certified
Colour
:
Sparkling White
Granulation
:
Fine
CANE SUGAR -
ICUMSA 100
Specifications:
Icumsa
:
100 RBU
Polarization
:
99.50% min
Ash content
:
0.15% Max
Moisture
:
0.10% Max
Solubility
:
100% Free Flowing
Radiation
:
Normal
Certified
Colour
:
White
Granulation
:
Fine
RAW BROWN CANE SUGAR GRADE E ICUMSA
600-1200
Origin
:
South America/Brazil
Icumsa
:
600 – 1200
Polarization
:
96.00% Min
Ash content
:
0.09% Max
Moisture
:
0.09% Max
Colour
:
Brown
Solubility
:
90% Free Flowing
Granulation
:
Fine
SO2
:
20 PPM
BEET SUGAR
Icumsa
:
45 - 100 RBU
Polarization
:
99.80% Min
Ash content
:
0.04% Max
Moisture
:
0.04% Max
Solubility
:
100% Dry & Free Flowing
Radiation
:
Normal
without presence of caesium or iodine
Colour
:
Sparkling White Crystal
Granulation
:
Fine to Medium
Reducing Sugar
:
0.05% Max by weight
WHAT
IS
ICUMSA ?
International Commission for Uniform
Methods of Sugar Analysis
MEANING AND
WORKING
ICUMSA
is a world-wide body which brings
together the activities of the National
Committees for Sugar Analysis in more than
thirty member countries. Work is carried out
under various Subject headings, each headed by a
Referee.
Methods
are recommended for tentative approval by ICUMSA
in the first instance. Upon meeting all of the
Commission's requirements, methods are accorded
official status. Methods which are demonstrably
useful and have found an established
application, or which do not lend themselves to
collaborative testing are given an Accepted
status"
An
ICUMSA rating is an international unit for
expressing the purity of the sugar in solution,
and is directly related to the colour of the
sugar. Be aware that there are different types
of ICUMSA units. For Brazilian sugar, the lower
the ICUMSA figure the whiter the sugar. However,
this is not the case in the E.U. for some
unknown reason, which has been the subject of
much discussion.
SGS of
Sao Paulo has published specifications for
ICUMSA numbers for E.U. product which run
contrary to the Brazilian specifications; for
example, in Brazil SGS has an ICUMSA rating of
45 rbu for refined, indicating the highest
quality, with other grades of lower quality
(such as Special Extra Crystal) having a higher
ICUMSA of 150 and so forth. This rating method
is confirmed by the Institute of Sugar
and Alcohol in
Brazil.
The TU is
heavily dependent upon "ash points", which are
defined as "Conductivity ash, % , expressed to
three decimal places" (British Sugar Corp.,
Central Laboratory, ICUMSA Headquarters).
Further used to weight the TU is "reflectance
Grade Colour" and "Solution Colour" or "Filtered
Colour" as it is referred to, which have
formulas for determination equally confusing as
the one for "Ash Points". Thus, as you see, this
is not easily understood by the novice.
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