Sugar cane alcohol

Sugar cane alcohol uses

Sugar cane alcohol is used as a base for many alcoholic spirits. Even though it is made from sugar, its taste is quite neutral and not particularly sweet. This makes it perfect for almost any distilled drink, from vodka to rum and caçhaca to all kinds of liquors. It is also widely used in the food industry. It can serve, for instance, as a preservative or solvent for flavours and colourants. Apart from food and drink, sugar cane alcohol is also used to produce medicines, pharmaceutical products, as well as perfumes and other cosmetics.

How is sugar cane processed into ethanol?

Sugar cane ethanol production is a precise and labour-intensive process. First, the sugar cane is harvested. In most countries, this is done by hand. After harvesting, the sugar cane is cut and milled with water to produce raw sugar cane juice. The juice is then heated to remove unwanted impurities, after which it is ready to ferment. When the fermentation is complete, the juice can be distilled. This process is often repeated no less than three times in order to reach a high level of purity.

Denaturants

Not all sugar cane alcohol is used for the production of food or drinks. If this is true in your case, and you will be using your organic sugar cane alcohol, say, for perfume, we can denature it for you. Choose from the following denaturants:

• DEP
• MEK
• Bitrex
• TSDA 1-9
• TBA
• IPA
• Euro Denatured
• Tipo A-D

Choose your own combination of denaturants to create the customised neutral sugar cane alcohol you need or contact us to discuss the various options.