The Effects of Ash Content Percent Raw Sugar on the Refining Process

The Effects of Ash Content Percent Raw Sugar on the Refining Process

Lopez-Oña, J.V. and Baumert, G.S.  1979.  The known impurities in raw sugar are generally classified into two major groups: ash and organic. These known impurities have a specific effect upon the refining process and the removal of ash constituents in sugar refining is next in importance to the removal of color. A high level of this quality factor may be responsible for some or all of the following refining difficulties such as, high yields and high purities in blackstrap molasses, scaling problems in evaporators and pans, etc. The Effects of Ash Content Percent Raw Sugar on the Refining Process. Sugar y Azucar, August 1979:43-47.