Sugar Production Process from Sugar Cane

The diagram illustrates how sugar is produced from sugar cane. The entire process consists of Suggested change: seven main stagesseven main stages1five main stages, the first of which covers the cultivation and harvesting of sugar cane. This is followed by a series of industrial processes, namely, Suggested change: crushing, purification, evaporation, separation, and drying and coolingcrushing, purification, evaporation, separation, and drying and cooling2crushing, purification, evaporation and separation, which collectively convert the raw material into juice, syrup and finally the end-product itself, sugar.

By far the longest part of the process is the first. Sugar cane, after it has been left to grow Suggested change: for between 12 and 18 monthsfor between 12 and 18 months5from between 12 to a maximum of 18 months, is harvested either by mechanical means using a combine harvester or manually. The harvested cane is then passed through a crusher, Suggested change: extracting its juiceextracting its juice6making it into juice. This juice must be purified by filtering it through a limestone filter. After that, the purified juice is heated in an Suggested change: evaporator, turningevaporator, turning7evaporator turning it into syrup. The next stage of the process involves separating the syrup from sugar crystals in a centrifuge. Suggested change: DeleteDelete8li

Finally, the resultant sugar crystals are dried and cooled in storage Suggested change: tanks, after whichtanks, after which9tanks after which the sugar is then ready to be packaged and sold.