Sugar

Project Profile on Refined Sugar Manufacturing Unit Sector Sub - sector Project No. Project Title Agro and Food Processing Food Processing AF-12 Refined Sugar Plant

Mott MacDonald iNDEXTb

Project Description

The proposed project envisages setting up of a refined sugar manufacturing unit. At present, considerable quantity of refined sugar is imported in India to meet the requirements of food processing and pharmaceutical industry. This project offers excellent opportunity to the existing sugar mills in Gujarat for value added processing through modern technology.

Product Applications Refined Sugar is a value added product made from raw sugar. The concept of Sugar refining has developed in the last two decades, with growing awareness about superior quality of food ingredients being used by Food processing industries. White refined sugar is generally sold as granulated sugar, which comes in various grain sizes, depending upon the application – either household or industrial: Applications:         Packing it for retail marketing under brand name for domestic and export markets. Preparation of Dairy products like Ice cream, Yogurt, Shrikhand and Sweet milk, Flavoured Lassi etc; Preparation of high quality Indian sweets like Rasgulla, Gulab Jamun, Chamcham, Khoya and Paneer base sweets, etc;. for domestic and export purpose. In manufacture of instant mixes and processed foods items. Commonly used in baking, decoration of cookies and other desserts. Preparation of high quality chocolates, toffees, Candies and other confectionary products. Base syrups for beverages, Fruit drinks and soft drinks. Pharmaceutical industries – for preparation of syrup bases for Pharmaceutical formulations and also for preparing coating material for sugarcoated tablets. Sweet /

Market and Growth Drivers

During 2005-06, the global sugar production has been estimated at around 145 million tones, with an increase of about 4 per cent from 2004-05 and about 3 million tons short...