Refining Sugar
Refined sugar is the most popular and well known sugar in the developed world. Everybody knows what ICUMSA 45 sugar looks like, even if they don’t actually know what the term ‘ICUMSA 45′ means. Of course, those in the sugar industry know that this term is used to describe highly refined, sparkling white sugar […]

The Multi Million Ton Myth – Brazilian Sugar Scams
Sugar buyers are often warned about scams in the sugar industry. Because this is such a large industry, and because there are so many dealers and brokers, not to mention buyers, sellers, and mills in the world, it can sometimes be difficult to gage what is a […]

History of Sugar
Sugar has become such an important staple of many modern diets that it seems hard to believe that there was once a time when the sweet white crystals which are now consumed by the ton could not be found anywhere in the world.
The first sugar is said to have been cultivated in ancient […]

Top Sugar Exporters
2008 has seen the continuation of the general downturn of the global sugar market with regards to sugar prices, but surprisingly buoyant sugar growers are continuing to produce vast amounts of sugar each year, in spite of the fact that there is a global surplus of well over 10 million tons predicted for […]

Brazil Sugar Prices
It looks as if 2008 is going to be one of the cheapest years in recent history for purchasing Brazilian sugar as Brazil and India are both in the process of rapidly expanding their sugar producing capabilities, and a global surplus of around 11 million tons of sugar is forecast for the 2007/2008 […]

2008 could be described as the year of the sugar mill. Brazilian sugar mills have rapidly expanded in both size and number during this year, so much so that government authorities in the Sao Paulo region have ceased issuing any licenses to new mills pending environmental impact reports on the effect of so many new […]

Brazilian Sugar Cane
Brazilian sugar cane is the most plentiful sugar cane in the world. A world leader in sugar and sugar ethanol production, Brazil grows over 300 million tons of sugar cane yearly, a figure which is only set to rise in the coming years. Sugar cane is very big business in Brazil, and over […]