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Present Status of Cane Quality Crushed by the Sugar Mills and Gur Makers in the Mills Zone

M..A. Jabber
Chief Scientific Officer
Banglabesh Sugarcane Research Institute

M. S Arefin
Senior Scientific Officer
Banglabesh Sugarcane Research Institute

M.R. Alam
Chief Scientific Officer
Banglabesh Sugarcane Research Institute

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Sugarcane contains sucrose, invert sugars, water, fiber and other impurities which have great influence on sugar recovery in the factory. It is universally recognized that the quality of sugarcane is good when the sucrose content is high and fiber and other impurities are low. It is open truth that recovery is directly related with the cane quality and mills performance. During crushing season, huge quantity of sugarcane is diverted for gur processing due to higher gur price in the market specially in the mills zones of NBSM, PBSM, NTSM and RJSM. The sugar factories suffer due to non-availability of good quality cane. An experiment was conducted at NBSM sugar mill area during crushing season. Cane was collected from gur making places and mills yard at NBSM sugar mills in the month of December. Collected cane samples were analyzed at Physiology and Sugar Chemistry Laboratory of BSRI. The samples were analyzed on the basis of non cane%, Brix, pol% cane, purity% and reducing sugars content. In all aspects Sugarcane supplied for Gur was better than that of sugarcane supplied for sugar mills. It has found that cane diverted in the mills zone (NBSM) towards gur making was superior in quality than the cane crushed by the Sugar Mills for sugar production.

Keywords: Sugarcane, Cane quality, Sugar mills, Gurmakers, Millzones

Location: NBSM, PBSM, NTSM and RJSM.

Start Date: 01-09-2008

End Date: 01-02-2010

Program Area: Postharvest and Agro-processing

Non-commodity: Performance

Objectives:

ii). To analyze the cane samples collected from selected sugar mills & gur makers.

ii). To evaluate cane quality crushed by the sugar mills and gur makers

Methodology:

Cane & juice samples was collected from milling house of selected sugar mills at 10 minutes interval upto 30 minutes in order to ensure a true average sample. The samples was chemically analyzed in the mills laboratory for Brix%, Pol % cane, Purity%, RS%, Fibre% cane and percent non-cane. The analysis was carried out in replications once in a month from November, 2009 to February 2010. The same will be collected from the gur makers at different gur making places of selected sugar mills zones.The chemical analysis of the samples was conducted at respective sugar mills &Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI)l aboratories.

Source of Information: Annual Report, 2009-2010, BSRI

Article Link (Online Journal):

Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget: 75000/-

Total Budget (Tk.) : 75000/-

Achievement/Findings:

In all aspects Sugarcane supplied for Gur was better than that of sugarcane supplied for sugar mills. It has found that cane diverted in the mills zone (NBSM) towards gur making was superior in quality than the cane crushed by the Sugar Mills for sugar production.

Knowledge Management: Report/Proceedings