Sugar is an essential product for human consumption. Sugar is
mainly produced from sugarcane which is mostly grown in tropical
regions of the world. Sugars are a major form of carbohydrates and
are found probably in all green plants, they are also found in significant
amounts in most fruits and vegetables. There are three main
simple sugars namely sucrose, fructose and glucose. Sucrose is in
fact a combination of fructose and glucose and the body quickly
breaks down into these separate substances.
Sugar is generally produced by sugarcane, corn, sugar beet and
cassava, etc.
But in most of the countries, sugarcane is used in
the production of sugar because several aspects are considered as
overall cost, environmental effects, rate of sugar production and
percentage of sucrose present in different materials.
Sugar produces
chiefly three types of juices [11]: