Sugar Product Diversification and Its Opportunities in China

China is the third largest sugar producer in the world. However, the sugar industry is challenged by high production costs (attributed to the high cane supply price), which lead to continuous financial deficits for sugar companies. Currently, sugarcane products are primarily composed of white sugar...

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Published in:Sugar tech : an international journal of sugar crops & related industries 2022-08, Vol.24 (4), p.1093-1106
Main Authors: Wang, Qi, Xie, Cai-Feng, Shi, Chang-Rong, Li, Yuan, Shang, Yu-Hao, Hou, Chu-Xuan, Hang, Fang-Xue, Li, Jian-Bin, Li, Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Bagasse
Beverages
Biomedical and Life Sciences
By products
Byproducts
Centrifugal filtration
Ceramic materials
Ceramics
Diversification
Life Sciences
Manufacturing industry
Membranes
Molasses
Production costs
SI: Diversification of Sugar Crops for Value Addition
Substrates
Sugar
Sugar industry
Sugarcane
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Summary:China is the third largest sugar producer in the world. However, the sugar industry is challenged by high production costs (attributed to the high cane supply price), which lead to continuous financial deficits for sugar companies. Currently, sugarcane products are primarily composed of white sugar and non-centrifugal sugar (NCS); the utilization of sugarcane by-products (i.e. bagasse, filter mud, and molasses) has also been partially industrialized. However, these strategies are far from adequate to address the challenge. China has successfully developed an innovative sugar manufacturing process using nano-ceramic membrane technology to overcome this predicament. In addition, concepts of high-value diversification of sugarcane products and value-added utilization of industrial by-products have been proposed. A series of sugarcane-based products, e.g. NCS produced by nano-ceramic membrane technology (MNCS), sugarcane­based beverages, plant water, and cultivation substrates, have been developed to improve the overall return of sugar enterprises. Thus, this paper mainly summarizes the diversification of sugarcane products and their development opportunities in China.
ISSN:0972-1525
0974-0740
0972-1525
DOI:10.1007/s12355-022-01134-2