Sugar
Current Sugar Production in South Africa
There are only 12 Sugar Mills located in Kwazulu Natal and 2 Sugar Mills located in the North West Province, South Africa. These Mills are responsible for the total sugar available in the South African Market both on a Retail and Industrial Basis. These Mills operate for 9 of the 12 months a year, and have a 3 month annual shut down for maintenance.
South Africa produced a total of 2 Million Metric Tons of Sugar in the 2020/21 season
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What is ICUMSA 45
ICUMSA is a worldwide body, which brings together the activities of the National Committees for Sugar Analysis in more than thirty member countries. It is solely concerned with analytic method standards, and the ICUMSA Methods Book contains detailed instructions for analysing raw, cane, white, beet, molasses, plantation white and specialty sugars.
An ICUMSA rating is an international unit for expressing the purity of the sugar in solution and is directly related to the color of the sugar.
ICUMSA 45 IC45) is a Refined Sugar more commonly known as “white sugar” in the market. It is the highest quality Sugar available on the market at present. It is the product most often sold direct to clients by the Retailers, and what consumers would purchase off the shelf for day to day use.