This paper analyses the technological advances which have taken place on both the field and factory sides of sugar production in the past 30 years. It focuses on three leading sugar producers; Australia, France and South Africa. It finds that the greatest technological gains have been made in the beet sector (France). All three countries have improved the efficiency of their factory operations ...

The NIRSystems 6500 spectrophotometer has been used to study analytes in bagasse, shredded cane, direct analysis of cane extracts (DAC), mixed juice, molasses and raw sugar. Analytes included pol, brix, dry solids, moisture, sucrose, glucose, fructose, invert, ethanol, colour, ash and starch. Although Near Infra Red (NIR) is a secondary technique, relying on conventional laboratory procedures f...