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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.
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 : Thailand
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 : Thailand
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
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.
SPECIFICATIONS:
| ICUMSA | : 45 RBU ICUMSA |
| Attenuation index units Method # 10-1978 | |
| ASH CONTENT | : 0.04% Maximum by Weight |
| MOISTURE | : 0.04% Maximum by Weight |
| MAGNETIC PARTICLES | : mg/kg 4 |
| SOLUBILITY | : 100% DRY & Free Flowing |
| GRANULATION | : Fine Standard |
| POLARIZATION | : 99.80o Minimum |
| Max AS | : 1 P.P.M. |
| Max OS | : 2 P.P.M. |
| Max CU | : 3 P.P.M. |
| COLOUR | : Sparkling White |
| SEDIMENTS | : NONE |
| SO | : mg/kg 20 |
| REDUCING SUGAR | : 0.010% Maximum in Dry Mass |
| RADIATION | : Normal w/o presence of cesium or iodine SO2: Certified |
| SUBSTANCE | : Solid, Crystal |
| SMELL | : Free of any Smell |
| HPN STAPH AUREUS | : per 1 gram – NIL |
| MICROBIOLOGICAL LIMITS | : Pathogenic Bacteria including Salmonella per 1 gram – NIL Bacillus per 1 gram – NIL |
| PESTICIDE TRACES | : Maximum mg/kg Basis DDT 0.005 – PHOTOXIN 0.01 – HEXACHLORAN – GAMMA ISOMER 0.005 |
| CROP: | :Current Year |