Glossary
Beet sugar processing - From beet to thin juice

Cossette; cossette

Beet cut into small pieces shaped like a roof.

Calco-carbonic purification

Juice clarification is achieved by gradually adding slaked lime [Ca(OH)₂] during pre-liming to form bonds with impurities, followed by liming to introduce excess lime, and finally by precipitating the lime during carbonation with CO₂-rich gas bubbling.

Preheating; preliming

Gradual addition of slaked lime [Ca(OH)₂] to form bonds with the impurities.

Liming

Add a large amount of slaked lime [Ca(OH)₂] to ensure there is an excess of lime.

Carbonation; carbonation

Bubbling of CO₂-rich gas from a lime kiln to precipitate excess lime as CaCO₃. The precipitate is called "sludge."

Foam; scum

Once the sludge has been washed and dried, it is called "scum."