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 CO ₂ -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....