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There are a number of steps in producing raw sugar from cane: Cane receiving and unloading (receive the cane at the factory and unload it from the transport vehicles) Cane preparation (cutting and shredding cane to prepare it for juice extraction) Juice extraction (two technologies are in common use; milling or diffusion) Juice clarification (remove suspended solids from the juice, typically mud, waxes, fibres) Juice evaporation (to concentrate the juice to a thick syrup of about 65°brix) Crystallisation Separation of the sugar crystals from the mother liquor, most done by centrifugal machines Sugar drying Packaging and delivery These processing steps will produce a brown or raw sugar. Mill white sugar also known as plantation white sugar can be produced by introducing some form of colour
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