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Molasses is a by-product of the process extracting sugar from beet and cane.
Molasses can be produced from citrus, wood sugar, sugar beet and sugar cane.
Types of Molasses are integral or unclarified molasses, high-test molasses, A molasses, B molasses, C (final) molasses and syrup-off
The specifications of Molasses are very important and it differs from place to place
The Purest Molasses is Pure Cane Juice.
Gold label (Original) is the highest grade of pure unsulphured molasses made from a blend of 100% pure sugar cane juices from several West Indies islands in the Caribbean.
Green label (Robust) is a molasses which have had some sugar extracted; a cane juice molasses especially formulated for recipes.
Molasses is used as animal feed and for alcohol production and as a substrate in the production of yeasts, amino acids and proteins.
Molasses grass (Melinis Minutiflora) which originated in Africa, but spread to the other tropical areas in the world, is well known as a valuable pasture and hay grass.
Cane Molasses, a by-product of the sugar industry, which has been used with varying degrees of success as a substitute for maize in livestock feeds mainly as a source of readily available energy.
Molasses are used to produce many high value added products such as Lactic acid, Itaconic acid, Gluconic acid, Glutamic acid, L-Lysine, as binder for carbon black pellets - However these applications require low ash content molasses

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