Sugar extraction
Sugar factory transformation processes (part 1)
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Sugar extraction
Sugar factory transformation processes (part 1)

Author : Martine DECLOUX

Publication date: December 10, 2002 | Lire en français

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3. Sugar extraction

3.1 Choice of extraction mode

The beet from which the sugar is extracted is made up of a multitude of cells (figure 5 a ) consisting of :

  • a cell wall (cellulose, hemicellulose and pectic products: pectic acid, protopectin, pectinates, pectates...);

  • an ectoplasm (a semi-permeable membrane that allows practically only water to pass through, unlike the cellulose wall, which is totally permeable);

  • cytoplasm...

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