April 24, 2022
The Times of India| https://bit.ly/3EKLULT
Kanpur: Five member team from Directorate of Sugar, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, New Delhi visited National Sugar Institute, Kanpur, on Saturday. NSI, Director, Prof Narendra Mohan said that the team comprising technical and statistical officers gathered first-hand information about type of sugars being produced in the country and mechanism of quality control. They visited Bureau of Sugar Standards in Sugar Technology division to see sugar standard grades being produced which are required to be procured by each sugar factory and on the basis of which they have to mark the sugar on packs,
The team also expressed its interest to seek knowledge about sugar consumption patterns and sugar quality requirements in the country. Dr. Jahar Singh, Professor Sugar Technology informed that about 60% of the total sugar is consumed by bulk consumers for industrial usage and only 40% is utilized for direct consumption by common consumers. We are required to produce sugar as per requirements of various sectors and hence market for pharmaceutical, liquid, icing and brown sugar is growing. Thus, we have developed facilities for providing hands on training to the students of various courses. The team visited Experimental Sugar Factory and Specialty Sugar Division to see the plant and process of production.