Treatment of raw sugar crystals to remove the film of adhering molasses. This is achieved by mixing sugar with a concentrated syrup and then centrifuging the magma with or without water washing.

Sugar purified by affination.

Sticking together of two or more crystals during the centrifuging and drying operations.

Solid residue determined gravimetrically after incineration in the presence of oxygen. In analysis of sugar products, sulfuric acid is added to the sample, and this residue as sulfated ash heated to 525 °C is taken to be a measure of the inorganic constituents. Sometimes determined indirectly by measurement of electrical conductivity of the product [..]

Fine fraction of bagasse obtained by screening or pneumatic separation, generally used as a filter aid in filtration.

Cane residue leaving mills after extraction of juice.

That part of the sugar mill in which the processes of production of sugar from raw juice are carried out. It is also referred to as the back-end or raw house.

Difference between the temperature of a boiling sugar solution and the temperature of boiling pure water, both measured at the same pressure.

Measure of dissolved solids in sugar liquor or syrup using a refractometer, otherwise referred to as refractometric dry solids. For solutions containing only sugar and water, Brix = % sugar by mass. Spindle Brix is determined using a hydrometer, but is now seldom used.

Water forming part of the cellulosic structure of the cane, and hence not part of the juice expressed in milling. It cannot be separated from natural fiber by mechanical means but is driven off at elevated temperatures.