Effect of Post Harvest Deterioration on Efficiency of Clarification and Crystallization Process of White Sugar Manufacture of CoS 91269 Cane Variety

Sugarcane is used as raw material for manufacture of white sugar. Quality of sugar cane juice available for processing determines the quality of end product i.e. sugar. Deterioration in juice quality as a result of post harvest deterioration in sugarcane has a direct bearing on sugar quality and its recovery. During processing of cane juice clarification and crystallization are the two vital unit operations, where removal of coloring bodies and other non sugars are effected and sucrose is taken out from mother liquor by increasing the super saturation. Authors in present study have discussed the magnitude of post harvest deterioration on efficiency of these two unit operations on CoS 91269 cane variety.