What is a Sugar Refinery?

It refers to the production activities of using sugarcane and beet as raw materials to produce finished sugar, and using raw sugar or granulated sugar as raw materials to refine and process various refined sugars. Including: sugarcane raw sugar; sugarcane finished sugar, such as white sugar, cotton sugar, red sugar (brown sugar), yellow sugar, etc .; sugar beet finished sugar, such as white sugar, cotton sugar, processed sugar, such as borneol, rock sugar, cube sugar , Refined syrup, refined sugar, etc .; sugar by-products such as orange water. Excludes: Maltose, glucose, fructose, high fructose, glucose syrup produced from starch, etc., included (manufacturing of starch and starch products); confectionery manufacturing, included (candies, chocolate manufacturing).

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Sugar classification principles

According to the national production license issuance requirements: white sugar, cotton sugar, red sugar, polycrystalline sugar, single crystal sugar, cube sugar, borneol, yellow sugar (Guangdong), processed brown sugar (Zhejiang).

According to daily production habits, the edible sugar is divided into: raw sugar, white sugar, cotton sugar, red sugar, yellow sugar, brown sugar powder, lump brown sugar (including brick sugar, bowl sugar, ingot sugar, etc.), artificial brown sugar, polycrystalline rock sugar, single crystal Rock sugar, borneol, cube sugar, health brown sugar, health rock sugar, powdered sugar, etc.

Brief description of sugar classification

Raw sugar: Sugar cane and sugar beet are used to extract the juice, and after simple filtration and clarification, it is concentrated by boiling and separated at the center to form sugar crystals. Light brown. Sometimes slightly molasses or water. Is the most important sugar product in international trade. Raw sugar is only used as a raw material for sugar refinement. It cannot be added directly to food or eaten directly.

White sugar: sugar cane and sugar beet as raw materials (one-step method) or raw sugar as raw materials (two-step method), juice extraction, filtration, impurity removal, clarification (no need for raw sugar in the above steps), vacuum concentration, boiling Honey, sugar, and dried. White granulated sugar is the main variety of edible sugar. Basically, 100% of edible sugar is white granulated sugar in foreign countries, and white granulated sugar accounts for more than 90% of total edible sugar in China. White granulated sugar is divided into refined, superior, first and second grade.

Mianbai sugar: It takes white granulated sugar and raw sugar as raw materials (also produced directly from beets in Xinjiang and other places), and is recrystallized after being dissolved. Mianbai sugar is a kind of edible sugar that domestic consumers prefer. Its texture is soft and delicate, and the crystal particles are small. During the production process, about 2.5% of the converted syrup is sprayed, so the taste is sweeter than sugar. There are three levels of cotton sugar: refined, superior and first.

Red sugar: A by-product of sugar production from sugar cane in one step. It is also the main brown sugar product on the market. The main ingredient is sucrose, and it also contains a certain amount of nutritional ingredients such as glucose, fructose, molasses, trace elements, vitamins.

Yellow granulated sugar: Also called golden granulated sugar, it is mainly produced and sold in Guangdong and Hong Kong. It is a sugar-free sugar with certain nutrients. The color is pale yellow. Its production process is similar to white granulated sugar, but the nutrients inside are not completely filtered during the production process, so it preserves part of the sugarcane aroma and nutrition, and retains many natural minerals.

Brown sugar powder: also known as powder sugar, refers to powdered brown sugar produced directly from sugarcane juice without extraction of white sugar. It is usually produced by soil. Sugarcane is squeezed, concentrated, dried, and crushed. Because it contains more water, it should not be left for too long, and the water will easily deteriorate in the hot season.

Lump sugar: It is a traditional brown sugar. According to the mold used in production, it is generally divided into slice sugar, brick candy (cuboid), bowl sugar, ingot sugar, basket sugar, and so on. Its production process is made by extracting sugar cane, concentrating and cooling.

Processed brown sugar: Also known as artificial brown sugar, it refers to waste honey produced during the production of rock sugar as a raw material, which is concentrated, cooled, and crushed (constantly stirred during cooling). Contains more reducing sugar, but does not have the flavor and nutrition of brown sugar. It is a sugar with lower nutritional value.

Polycrystalline rock candy: also known as old rock sugar, earth sugar, lump sugar, etc. It is an irregular crystal rock candy produced by traditional technology. According to different production processes, it is divided into hanging sugar method (the finished product is divided into icicles and ice edges, there will be cotton threads, paper and other impurities) and basin crystal method (all crystal sugar are crystallized along the crystallization basin, the finished product is relatively pure). Divided into white rock sugar, yellow rock sugar, amber rock sugar (gray) according to different colors. This kind of rock sugar has the medicinal effect of rock sugar as Chinese medicine says.

Single crystal rock sugar: regular bright crystals. Is a new type of rock candy produced in the 1960s. The production process is as follows: white granulated sugar is heated and dissolved in an appropriate amount of water, filtered, and then input into a crystallizing tank, so that the sugar liquid is supersaturated, seed crystals are cultivated, and after the crystals are grown, they are removed for honey removal and centrifugation, Ventilated and dried, sieved and classified. Single crystal rock sugar does not have the medicinal effect of rock sugar as Chinese medicine says.

Borneol: It is a kind of sugar that is widely loved in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao, Pearl River Delta, western Guangdong and Guangxi. The crystallization mother liquor (waste honey) remaining during the production of rock sugar is heated and concentrated, and then an acid solution is added to partially convert it into monosaccharides to facilitate future molding. The concentrated sugar solution is produced through the processes of stirring, falling nets, scribing, cooling, off-netting, slicing, and classification. The color is golden and clear, the surface is rich in waxy luster, and the cross section is evenly divided into three layers: upper, middle and lower layers. Among them, the upper and lower layers are denser agglomerates. line".

Cube sugar: Also known as half cube sugar, it is a semi-square (ie, half of a cube) high-grade sugar product made from fine grain refined granulated sugar as a raw material. It has a long history abroad. Cube sugar is produced by using refined sugar with an appropriate crystal size, mixed with a small amount of concentrated sugar solution (or crystal water) to form a wet sugar with a moisture content of 1.5 to 2.5%, and then making it into a half-square shape by a molding machine, and then drying it. The machine is dried to less than 0.5% of moisture, and then packed after cooling.

Health brown sugar: On the basis of traditional brown sugar, it is a new trend of brown sugar development by adding some health-care foods to become brown sugar with health properties. This kind of product first appeared in Japan. It is more common to add Chinese herbal medicines such as ginseng, panax notoginseng, etc., through the reasonable compatibility with brown sugar, the health benefits of brown sugar are increased, and it has become a new generation of health brown sugar. At present, the common health brown sugars in China include ginger brown sugar, mother's brown sugar, maternal brown sugar, gelatin brown sugar, rose brown sugar, girl's brown sugar, jujube brown sugar, jujube brown sugar, medlar brown sugar, longan brown sugar, etc. The production process is mainly divided into two types: simple mixing type and high temperature cooking type.

Health rock sugar: In the traditional polycrystalline rock sugar production process, a new type of rock sugar with health function is produced by adding some auxiliary ingredients with health function. At present, the common health rock sugars include pear juice rock sugar, chrysanthemum rock sugar, lily rock sugar, green tea rock sugar, and the like. The key point of the production process is to replace the water in the rock sugar production process with the juice and boiled liquid of the auxiliary materials, and the active ingredient crystallizes together with the rock sugar.

Powdered sugar: white powdered sugar with very fine particles. According to different raw materials, they are divided into white granulated sugar powder and rock sugar powder. The former is mainly used for cooking western food, and the latter is mainly used as sweetener for high-end beverages. According to different production processes, it is divided into spray drying method and direct crushing method. In traditional sugar powder, about 3 to 10% of the starch mixture (usually corn flour) is added during storage, which has the effect of preventing moisture and tangling sugar particles.