Simulation in the process industry and specifically in sugar factories is not breathtakingly new. Most processes are designed in a lab model first, and then scaled up to the industrial […]
Monthly snapshot December [Full subscriber]
March raw sugar closed down at 20.18 cents per lb on 18th November, after peaking at 20.69 cents, the highest level for the front month since February 2017. White sugar, […]
Monthly Snapshot November [Full subscriber]
Raw sugar futures in New York ended significantly higher as the market continued its recovery from previous losses. A weakening of the US dollar was seen as supportive. The benchmark […]
Industry 4.0: Cybersecurity [Full subscriber]
Introduction The increasing digitalization of companies and the associated networking of nearly all sectors are generating tremendous economic potential. Figure 1. Why is industrial security so important? Today over 20 […]
Are sugar companies exploiting the cache of social responsibility?1
Companies embracing sustainability realize that this requires embracing a range of actions. Research2 from the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, highlights one. It offers a compelling insight […]
Xylooligosaccharides: Bagasse sugars as prebiotics [Full subscriber]
The agroindustry has been focusing for some time on the recovery of lignocellulosic by-products to produce sustainable ingredients targeting the feed, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries. Lignocellulosic materials or […]
Monthly Snapshot October [Full subscriber]
Raw sugar futures in New York ended significantly higher as the market continued its recovery from previous losses. A weakening of the US dollar was seen as supportive. The benchmark […]
Sugar reduction/replacement sector will remain a niche player in the sweetener market [Full subscriber]
The demonization of sugar has given birth to the sugar reduction sector, and in the recent past, accelerated it. Mass media is replete with reports from anti-sugar evangelists and health […]
Take 2! How long before climate change makes sugar a rarity?
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer During the current summer, flooding, searing […]
Monthly Snapshot
March raw sugar closed down at 20.18 cents per lb on 18th November, after peaking at 20.69 cents, the highest level for the front month since February 2017. White sugar, […]
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Reflections on the current sugar market dynamics
Undoubtedly, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have impacted the fortunes not only in the sugar industry. The frequency of extreme hot weather and record temperatures and rainfall has increased […]