Sugarcane Crops and Their Utilization Into Sugar

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Sugarcane Crops and Their Utilization Into Sugar

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We can not deny the importance of the use of sugar as an ingredient to improve the taste and texture of food and beverage, that's why sugar is a staple that is always in use every day to meet the needs of society. Its use is also needed by the body, the calories contained in sugar are a source of energy for the human body.

_{Photo Source, own property : granulated sugar}

However, excessive use of sugar every day also has the potential to cause health problems for humans. Some of these health disorders are overweight and Diabetes, two health disorders triggered by sugar levels in the human body. Apart from these potential health problems, the use of sugar is important for the taste of food and drinks. Proper use and by human needs, will provide benefits for the needs of the human body.

We all know what sugar is made of.
As far as I know as a teacher, the sugar we consume every day is made from a plant called Sugar Cane. However, other sugars can be made with the use of honey, beets, and coconut juice in Palm water. You also need to know that sugar can come from certain plants without having to be processed into sugar, one of which is the stevia plant which is a sugar substitute Plant _{(natural sugar)}.

_{Photo courtesy of myself (Sugarcane trees) and Sugarcane plant juice pixabay.com}

In Indonesia and other countries, sugar generally comes from sugar cane plants. Sugarcane is a type of Grass plant whose growth is influenced by climatic or weather conditions in the area. The use of sugarcane plants as the main ingredient in sugar processing is a common thing that is often known. In the province where I live Sugar Cane is easy to cultivate, however, its use to become sugar is less well maximized. Some large factories that were once able to manage the source of sugar cane into sugar, are now not operating again for certain reasons. So the use of sugar cane in Aceh province is only used as a regular meal and is generally made into sugar cane juice drinks that are sold with a relatively cheap selling value. This sugarcane plant is a plant that has a planting time to grow during the annuals or annuals and is included in the group of plantation crops.

The process of making sugarcane plants into sugar is complicated and long, based on one of the sites I was looking for, making market sugar made from sugar cane must pass through the stages :

The process of refining or refining sugar is the final stage before the sugar is consumed, the process of refining sugar consists of the process of affination, carbonization, decolorization, boiling, and recovery - https://indonesiabaik.id.

The following is an infographic of the process of making market sugar from sugar cane, source of the infographic : https://indonesiabaik.id

_{infografis : https://indonesiabaik.id}

Sumber Video : IndoFarm IDThe process of making sugarcane plants into sugar

Sugarcane itself is a type of plant that has physical characteristics that are easy to recognize, some of the basic characteristics are :

Sugarcane has a stem that does not branch and generally stands upright, another characteristic of the STEM is that it has a thick skin that covers the flesh of the sugarcane plant, and the most obvious is that it has a stratified stem perpendicular to the top.
It has elongated and imperfect leaves, in some of the elongated leaves there is a layer of white hairs that, when touched, itch a little because they stick to the skin.
The roots are filamentous.
And this plant grows well in tropical climates.

_{Photo Source, own property : Stems and leaves of sugarcane plants}

In local communities such as in my area, sugar cane can be consumed directly after ripening and past the planting period of approximately between 6 to 1 year. The process of consuming it is very easy, ripe sugar cane stalks can be cut directly from the base of the roots. After the cut, the skin is peeled first, the skin of the sugar cane plant has a thick shape. After the skin is peeled, part of the sugar cane plant can already be consumed.

_{Photo Source, own property : The content of sugar cane and the thickness of the skin of sugar cane plants}

However, the flesh of the dense sugarcane plant cannot be eaten, the high water content and also taste very sweet are the main goals in enjoying this plant. That is why sugarcane in Indonesia is also generally made into juice or sugarcane juice, the pulp of the sugarcane flesh will be thrown away and not used anymore.

_{Photo Source, own property : Sugarcane pulp, the part that is not consumed, because it is consumed only water}

But the leaves of sugarcane plants themselves will usually be used as food for cows or food for cattle farmers, this is because the leaves of sugarcane plants are rich in fiber for the growth of cows.

_{Photo Source, own property : Sugarcane plant leaf shape}

With the high demand for sugar that is used by humans to enrich the taste of food and beverages, the cultivation of sugar cane continues to be a plant that has economic value. Indonesia is one of the countries that use sugar cane as a material for making sugar, however, according to the Economic Research Service website
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the United States is one of the largest sugar producing countries in the world besides India, Thailand, Pakistan, and China.

_{Photo Source, own property}

In the end, sugarcane is the main source of making sugar crystals, of course, this is one of the many important commodities in the world economy and one of them is Indonesia.

That's all my simple posts for today, hopefully useful, and best regards to you all.