Toolkit
Esta sección proporciona el acceso a documentos que cubren múltiples actividades de poscosecha de los productos agrícolas. Incluye tanto un Motor de Búsqueda Simple y un Motor de Búsqueda Avanzada de modo de facilitar la información requerida.
Siempre que ha sido posible las publicaciones se presentan como archivos pdf descargables. Actualmente el Toolkit está disponible sólo en Inglés.
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Sugar Processing Toolkit
This is an amorphous crystal-type sugar obtained by supersaturation of the highly concentrated sugarcane syrup (90º Brix to 92º Brix) under local atmospheric pressure conditions.. The difference between the muscovado and the crystal white sugar is the fact the muscovado is not subjected to the syrup clarification process. (for instance, [...]
Instructional Manual
2007
FAO - AGS
(English)
Sugar Processing Toolkit
Rapadura is the solid product obtained from the hot concentration of the sugarcane juice, when reaching a final point value between 88ºBrix - 91ºBrix.
This product should be fabricated with unfermented raw materials, that are free from earthy matter, parasites and both animal and vegetal remains. The addition of essences, [...]
Instructional Manual
2007
FAO - AGS
(English)
Sugar Processing Toolkit
The sugarcane syrup is the concentrated sugarcane juice with a solid content between 72% and 75% that is transformed into syrup without crystallized sugar. In general, the sugarcane syrup with a concentration higher than 75 º Brix can crystallize, except when the concentration of the reducing sugars is higher than [...]
Instructional Manual
2007
FAO - AGS
(English)
Sugar Processing Toolkit
The areas adjacent to the plant should be maintained under cleaning conditions without the presence of trash or deposits of materials such as firewood or old sugarcane bagasse. The dirtiness in the neighborhoods of the factory make possible the growth of fungus (mildews) in the outside, whose spores (seeds) are [...]
Instructional Manual
2007
FAO - AGS
(English)
Sugar Processing Toolkit
Sugarcane is the name given to a grass plant of the Saccharum gender, from which the Saccharum officinarum L is the most important species. The most important part of the sugarcane plant are the stalks, because sugars and other substances accumulated by the sugarcane during its growth are found in [...]
Instructional Manual
2007
FAO - AGS
(English)