Sugar
Sugar is generally used as a sweetener in food and drinks. Other uses of sugars are preservatives, a fermentation substrate, flavoring, and coloring agents, etc.
Market Needs
Raw juice derived from sugarcane and sugar beets has low pH, which needs to be raised to an appropriate level. It also consists of impurities that must be removed to ensure the desired purity of the final sugar products.
Solutions
Quicklime
- A cost-effective choice for producing calcium hydroxide (Hydrated Lime) for manufacturers with a slaker on-site
- Hydrated Lime produced acts as a pH adjusting agent and removes impurities and color from the sugar solution
Hydrated Lime
- Provide calcium hydroxide without the need to handle the heat released from slaking reaction
- Function as a pH adjusting agent
- Remove impurities and color from the sugar solution