Effect of Addition of Separan at Different Concentrations as a Flocculants on Quality of Sugar Cane Juice

The study was designed to evaluate the use of low concentrations of separan flocculent (Less than 3 ppm) on physicochemical properties of sugar cane juice. Colour, pH, purity, turbidity, pol, brix, reducing sugars tannins and polyphenols of crushed cane (green and burned) juice, mixed juice and clarified juice were studied. The results showed that pol, brix, reducing sugar and turbidity are higher in crushed cane juice. Clarified burned juice had low turbidity, reducing sugars, pol and brix but had significantly lower pH, purity and colour when compared to crushed juice. Polyphenols of the crushed juice (1.19%) decreased significantly in the clarified juice to 0.006%. Addition of separan at a concentration of 0.015 ppm reduced significantly colour, polyphenols and tannins and reducing sugar compared to the control.

Authors:

• Ghada A. Abdel-Razig
• Isam A. Mohamed Ahmed
• Elfadil E. Babiker & Abu ElGasim A. Yagoub

Keywords:

• Separan
• Sugar cane
• Reducing sugar
• Polyphenols
• Clarified juice.

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