(at Step 5/8 of the Codex Procedure)
DEFINITION OF RAW CANE SUGAR AND SOFT SUGARS
Raw cane sugar:
“partially purified sucrose, which is crystallised from partially purified cane juice, without further purification, but which does not preclude centrifugation or drying, and which is characterised by sucrose crystals covered with a film of cane molasses.”
Soft white sugar:
“fine grain purified moist sugar, white in colour with a sucrose plus invert sugar content of not less that 97% m/m”
Soft brown sugar:
“fine grain purified moist sugar, light to dark brown in colour with a sucrose plus invert sugar content of not less than 88 %”
