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 MOLASSES:
AN IMPORTANT BI-PRODUCT
The company feels that the more the extent of
diversification of product base, the less will the reliance
be, of the industry on domestic prices of sugar. This
justifies the importance it attaches to the bi-products
including molasses. Molasses, an important bi-product of the
sugar industry, is used extensively for the manufacture of
ethyl alcohol and alcohol based down stream chemicals in
addition to manufacture of potable alcohol.
It is the only by-product obtained in the preparation of
sugar through repeated crystallization. The yield of
molasses per ton of sugarcane varies in the range of 4.5% to
5%. It contains nearly 45% un-crystallised, fermentable
Sugar & some Sucrose. It is also used as food for farm
animals & in the manufacture of several processed tobaccos.
Increase in the production and quality of molasses is
obviously going to reflect in the increased production of
industrial alcohol, which is another thrust area for
Dwarikesh. The company already has a distillery with a daily
production capacity of 30 Kilolitres and may very soon enter
into the production of Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL).
The state government controls the export of molasses through
export licenses issued every quarter. Molasses and
alcohol-based industries were decontrolled in 1993 and are
now being controlled by respective state government polices.
Nearly 70% of molasses produced is consumed by the
industrial alcohol manufacturers and the remaining 30% is
consumed by the potable alcohol sector. |
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