What is molasses?
Molasses or molasses, molasses, molasses also known briefly as confidential, in English, is called Molasses molasses, derived from Portuguese melaco dense fluid is constant
Molasses is a by-product of the sugar industry, the end product of sugar production process from which air can crystallize more economically by conventional technologies. The main components of the sugar molasses, mainly sucrose with a little glucose and fructose.
Production of molasses by about 1/3 the sugar production. Or in other words: every 100 tonnes of cane would be forced to produce 3-4 tons of molasses.
The chemical composition of molasses
The composition of molasses depends on sugarcane varieties, harvest stage, soil, weather and production process of the sugar factory. Therefore molasses change the nutrient composition, flavor, color and viscosity
Standard components of molasses is usually divided into three parts: sugar, unsweetened organic matter and minerals.
Roads: the type of soluble carbohydrates (sugar twin and single line) is the main nutritional components of molasses, which accounted for 44% sucrose, 13% fructose, 10% glucose, amino acids accounted for 3%, other substances accounting for 30%. Molasses reducing sugar ratio is relatively high. In cycle crystalline reducing sugars increased to the extent that sucrose crystallization can not be anymore because reducing sugar reduces the solubility of sucrose. The minerals tend to hold sucrose in the solution, so the balance between reducing sugars and minerals will determine the amount of sucrose from sugar cane theory. Part remaining syrup is often seen as molasses.
Unsweetened organic matter: Organic matter is not the way of molasses decided many of its physical properties, particularly viscosity adhesive. It consists mainly of the type of carbohydrates as starch, nitrogen compounds and organic acids. In general, concentrations of organic matter is not of molasses sugar beet molasses cane higher. In molasses does not contain fiber and lipids. The percentage of crude protein in sugarcane molasses standard is very low (3-5%). In sugarcane molasses also have a considerable amount of organic acids, which mainly acotinic acid. Molasses also contains a volatile fatty acid, an average of 1.3%.
Minerals: Molasses is a rich source of minerals. Ca content in cane molasses as high as 1%, while the low P content. Sugarcane molasses-rich Na, K, Mg and S. Molasses also contains significant amounts of trace elements such as Cu (7 ppm), Zn (10 ppm), Fe (200 ppm), Mn (200 ppm).
