STAGES OF THE SUGAR PRODUCTION PROCESS
01-CANE RECEPTION
Upon arrival at the plant, the cane is weighed and analyzed to determine sucrose content from sample, then sent to a downloading area at the factory and immediately undergoes a washing process.
02-MILLING
The cane is ground for juice; it goes onto sugar production and the bagasse is used to generate bioelectricity.
03-JUICE TREATMENT
The juice goes through heating, chemical treatment, decanting and sifting as to remove impurities.
04-EVAPORATION
More than 75% of the water is removed, forming a concentrated syrup.
05-COOKING
Crystallization and syrup sucrose recovery are performed then transformed into a mass.
06-CENTRIFUGATION
The physical separation of sugar.
At this stage sugar is washed with hot water and steam. A by-product called molasse is obtained and forwarded to ethanol production.
07-REFINING
This stage is exclusively done at our mills, which produces refined sugar, obtained through a new dissolution, cooking and centrifugation as to meet much of the export market specifications.
08-DRYING
The ideal humidity of sugar is reached and then it is sieved.
09-MATURATION
At our mills we have implemented an innovative stage, in which we adequate the balance between sugar temperature and air moisture, as to avoid sugar aggregation.
10-LEAVE
Sugar is ready to be put into 50kg bags or big bag.