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Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are rich in sucrose , [ 1 ] which accumulates in the stalk internodes .
Its stout stalks are rich in sucrose, a disaccharide sugar which accumulates in the stalk internodes. It originated in New Guinea, [1] and is now cultivated in tropical and subtropical countries worldwide for the production of sugar, ethanol and other products. S. officinarum is one of the most productive and most intensively cultivated kinds ...
In 2005, California and Hawaiian Sugar Company was acquired by American Sugar Refining, a company owned by Florida Crystals and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. Florida Crystals is a privately held company that is part of FLO-SUN , a sugar empire of the Fanjul family .
A presentation on cutting, instead of burning sugar cane husks before harvest, emphasizes business, community, environmental benefits.
Sugar beets are the other leading raw material for manufactured sugar in the United States. This is a sturdy crop grown in a wide variety of temperate climatic conditions and planted annually. Sugar beets can be stored for a short while after harvest, but must be processed before sucrose deterioration occurs.
Saccharum edule is a perennial plant that grows in vigorous clumps that grow to a height of 1.5 to 4 metres (4 ft 11 in to 13 ft 1 in). [2] Although the plant resembles sugarcane from a distance, the stem is much narrower and the leaves thinner and more flexible.
A sugar cane mill is a factory that processes sugar cane to produce raw sugar [1] or plantation white sugar. [2] Some sugar mills are situated next to a back-end refinery, that turns raw sugar into (refined) white sugar. [3] The term is also used to refer to the equipment that crushes the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice. [4]
They have stout, jointed, fibrous stalks that are generally rich in sugar, and measure two to six m (6 to 19 ft) tall. All sugarcane species interbreed and the major commercial cultivars are complex hybrids .