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March 31, 2017

Othel V. Campos (Manila Standard Today) | https://goo.gl/tmSQ8c

The Department of Trade and Industry stepped into the row between sugar millers and importers of sweetened sugar after the Sugar Regulatory Administration restricted the shipments of high fructose corn syrup into the Philippines.

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said a high-level…

March 25, 2017

ABS-CBN News | https://goo.gl/XjLY8A

Coca-Cola FEMSA has committed to use more local sugar in producing its beverages provided that the government consider the imposition of tariffs against an imported soft-drink ingredient, the agriculture minister said Friday.

President Rodrigo Duterte initially approved an agricultural policy that would…

March 20, 2017

Inquirer Visayas (Carla P. Gomez) | https://goo.gl/RLJe9m

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — At least 6,000 protestors gathered in front of the Coca-Cola plant in Bacolod City to slam its massive use of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to the detriment of the Philippine sugar industry.

They also lambasted Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol…

March 17, 2017

Marchel P. Espina (Sunstar.com.ph) | https://goo.gl/axTw2Y

NEGRENSES assailed the statement of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, declaring that the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) should suspend the implementation of the sugar order regulating the importation of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

Piñol, in a report that came out in…

Title: Is Meaningful Sampling of Wet Sugar Possible?

Author: B.C. Nielsen, T. Diringer and A.M.A. Ferraz

Affiliation: Neltec Denmark

Publisher: International Sugar Journal, June 2013, Vol. 76, No. 1.

Keywords: Sugar quality, energy and water savings, wash water control, optimization of centrifugals and sugar house

Pages: 23-27