New sources of sugar ~ 17th Dimension

Saturday, May 21, 2011

New sources of sugar

In general, the condition of the national sugar industry, at least, has three main problems. First, the low purchasing price of sugar for the production of farmers due to low world market sugar prices. Second, the low productivity of the sugar mills and many are not efficient.

Third, the development of the national sugar industry continues to slump. Sugar production in Indonesia has decreased annually by 2.14% or 44,328.695 tons. While the development of sugar consumption in Indonesia increased from the year 1991/1992 up to the year 2000/2001 amounted to 2.03% or 61,186 tons. Both these factors lead to increase sugar imports trend in Indonesia per year by 11.94% or 116,535.839 tons.

The main source of sugar in Indonesia today are sugarcane (Saccharum officinale), which is now declining productivity caused by climate change in Indonesia that is uncertain. If only rely on the production of sugar from sugarcane, the decline in sugar production will continue to fall and imports of sugar will continue to rise. Thus, the necessary sources other than cane sugar production that can meet the challenges and problems perikliman industrial production situation in Indonesia today.

Caryota mythic Lour. (Fish-tail palm) have a very high content of sucrose in water the flowers, that is equal to 83.5%. Since only use the interest only, Caryota mythic can be managed as plantation crops, like palm oil, which can be harvested continuously over time reproductive tree.

Our hypothesis is flower water (juice) on the mythic Caryota Lour. can be used as an alternative source of sugar cane.

The process to obtain pure sucrose from the tree flower water can be done through a process of water extraction rates, the deposition of dirt, water purification & separation of the sugar content of other compounds, crystallization and subsequent storage to be processed into pure sugar crystals.

The successful introduction of sugar sources that this one will be a new discourse in the development of bio-industry nationwide as well as address challenges need one of the most important food commodity in Indonesia and the world.

New sources of sugar

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