Question

How much sugarcane is needed to produce 1 ton of crystal sugar.

Answer 1

Hint:
There is a variety of sugar presents such as Table sugar, granulated sugar, and regular sugar. The simplest form of sugar is monosaccharides. The example of monosaccharides is glucose, fructose, and galactose. Glucose contains six carbon atoms and one aldehyde group. Fructose is also called fruit sugar. It is a simple ketonic monosaccharide. Galactose is 65% as sweet as sucrose. It forms lactose when it is linked with glucose.


Complete solution:
To produce 1 ton of crystal sugar, 100000 gram of quantity of sugarcane is required. The sugar tastes sweet and has a variety of use in multiple food items that require a sweet taste such as tea, coffee, etc.

There is another type of sugar called “ Diasacchride” also called “ Double Sugar”. It consists of two monosaccharides joined by a glycosidic bond. Glycosidic bond or glycosidic linkage is a bond that joins a carbohydrate molecule to another molecule that might not be another carbohydrate.

Oligosaccharides or polysaccharides are a long chain of monosaccharides and are also not called sugars. The largest sugar-producing country in the world is Brazil and the world’s largest consumer of sugar in India. China is the third-largest country that produces sugar.

Additional Information – The scientific name of sugar is Saccharum officinarum. It belongs to the class of Saccharum. Sugar originates in New Guinea. It is the world’s second-largest island. The island is located on the northern side of the Australian mainland.

Note:
One of the traditional forms of sugar is “ Jaggery”. It is non-centrifugal cane sugar. Jaggery consists of 50% sucrose, 20% invert sugar, and 20% moisture. Jaggery is made of sugarcane and toddy palm trees.