Sugar cane is used for many different things in many different ways.
Food-WiseThere are several popular classic meals and drinks that are made mainly from sugar cane, let's look at a few of them. Raw sugar cane stalks are commonly chewed on to extract the sweet sugar juice. An Indonesian soup, sayur nganten, is made from the stalk of a certain type of sugar cane. Sugar cane juice is a combination of fresh juice and a touch of lemon to create an extremely popular casual drink. Sugar cane makes molasses and syrups used to accompany/sweeten other foods. Many alcoholic beverages also derive from sugar cane, like Falernum, some rums, Cachaça, Caipirinha, and others. Rock candy's only and obvious ingredient is sugar cane juice. The primary product of sugar cane processing is sugar in crystal form.
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EnvironmentalBelieve it or not, but sugar cane is also involved in eco-friendly materials. Sugar cane is used as an alternative to gasoline; cane ethanol. Cane ethanol is an alcohol-based fuel that is a byproduct of sugar production, made by the fermentation of sugar. Ethanol fuel from sugar cane is widely used for cars in Brazil where sugar is very plentiful. The production of ethanol is more energy efficient than from other crops like corn or vegetable oils. EIA estimates that with the integration of sugar into the ethanol production, the CO2 levels are 90% lower than the emissions of regular gasoline. Some benefits of using are that it adds oxygen to gasoline which reduces air pollution, reduces green house gas emissions, and reduces global dependence on oil. Brazil is the world's
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largest producer of ethanol. Sugar cane also helps to produce bio-electricity. That is created from the burning of the leftover sugar cane biomass that converts into electricity. This takes place in burning boilers in sugar cane mills most commonly found in Brazil. In early 2010, sugar cane mills supplied about 3% of Brazil's electricity because of bio-electricity. Other products include bioplastic and biohydrocarbons.
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