Presently India is largest sugar producer in the world. Most of the sugar produced in India is plantation white sugar by double sulphitation process. Before a decade the Colour of Indian Plantation white sugar was in the range of 100-200 ICUMSA by method GS2/3-10. Now due to various efforts taken by Sugar Technocrats the Colour of the Sugar in India is reduced in the range of 60-80 IU. At National level a lot of improvement has been done with respect to quality parameters such as colour, SO2 content, conductivity ash, insoluble matter etc. Now from last 3-4 years Government of India has announced very good policies for Ethanol production by using different feed stocks from sugar mill (CH molasses, BH molasses, Syrup, Sugar, etc). Also for diverting existing sugar production to ethanol production attractive different prices of Ethanol depending on feed stocks used for its production are also announced and implemented by Government of India. To get benefitted by such policies and improving financial health of sugar mill, more number of sugar mills are now a days following diversion of not only single feed stock but multiple feed stock in their mills to distilleries. While doing so in existing plant and machinery various known and unknown problems are taking place in sugar processing. One of the most important problem is to maintain the earlier quality of sugar. The problem of sugar quality as well as other problems experienced while diverting BH/Syrup for Ethanol production and their respective solutions are discussed in this article.
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