The green tops and leaves cut off at harvest. They feed cattle, carabao and goats, or cover the soil as mulch instead of being…
Sugarcane: from cane to muscovado
From cane to muscovado: every sugarcane business
Negros, Batangas, the Ilocos and beyond: 13 products made from sugarcane, from juice and muscovado to basi, sukang Iloko and bagasse plates, and who makes them near you.
What’s made from each part of the sugarcane
- 1Tops and leaves Dahon at ulo ng tuboCane tops for fodder and mulch
- 2Stalk and juice Tangkay at katasFresh sugarcane juice
- 3Sugar AsukalMuscovadoPanutsa and sweetsRaw and refined sugar
- 4Molasses PulotMolasses for feed and farmingRum and bioethanol
- 5Wine and vinegar Basi at sukaBasi (sugarcane wine)Sukang Iloko (cane vinegar)
- 6Bagasse Sapal ng tuboBagasse powerBagasse plates and food containersBagasse paper and board
- 7Mill mud Putik ng gilinganMill mud fertilizer
1Tops and leaves Dahon at ulo ng tubo
2Stalk and juice Tangkay at katas
Juice pressed from fresh cane, often with calamansi or ginger, sold cold by the cup. Peeled cane sticks for chewing sell in markets too.
3Sugar Asukal
Unrefined brown sugar made by boiling cane juice in open pans until it crystallizes. It keeps its molasses taste and sells as a premium…
Cane juice boiled down and set in coconut shells or molds as hard cakes. Used in kakanin, champorado and sweets, and with peanuts as…
Most cane goes to mills that make raw sugar, then refineries that make white sugar. Farmers supply the cane; the mill shares the sugar.
4Molasses Pulot
The thick syrup left after making sugar. Farmers add it to animal feed and silage, and use it in compost and fermented farm inputs.
Molasses is fermented and distilled into rum, which the Philippines is known for, and into ethanol blended into gasoline.
5Wine and vinegar Basi at suka
A traditional Ilocano wine made from fermented sugarcane juice with samak bark or leaves, aged in burnay jars.
Dark, mellow vinegar made by letting basi or cane juice turn sour in burnay jars. A must for Ilocano cooking.
6Bagasse Sapal ng tubo
The crushed fiber left after pressing cane, burned in mill boilers for steam and electricity. Many mills power themselves and sell extra power to…
Plates, bowls, cups and clamshells molded from bagasse pulp. They replace styrofoam and compost after use.
Bagasse fiber made into paper, cardboard and building boards, and handmade paper for crafts and packaging.
7Mill mud Putik ng gilingan
The filter cake (mud press) left from cleaning cane juice at the mill. Composted, it is a rich organic fertilizer for cane fields and…
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