4. Differences between beet and cane sugar factories
Our aim here is not to detail the differences between the two processes, but to highlight a few of them in order to facilitate understanding of the cane sugar process.
For more details on the cane sugar factory, we refer our readers to the reference .
4.1 Campaign duration and energy balance
Sugar production from cane accounted for 72% of world sugar production in 2000/2001. Sugar cane is grown in regions closer to the equator, and harvesting is spread over periods ranging from 3 to 6 months, depending on the region....
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Differences between beet and cane sugar factories
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With beet containing between 16 and 19% sugar, and yields of around 10 to 11 tonnes of white sugar per hectare, metropolitan France produced 4.23 Mt (million tonnes) of white sugar in 2000-2001, with 35 factories whose average capacity in tonnes of beet per day is close to 11,769 t bett. / day. The number of sugar factories will continue to decline. Some industry specialists consider...
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