Sugar
Our primary business is the production of refined cane sugar and sugar by-products. We produce many different types of sugar comprising of pharmaceutical, beverage and commercial grades sugar as well as soft brown sugar, castor and icing sugar, sugar cubes, sachets and retail packs. Shakarganj Sugar is the leading brand of refined sugars as well as specialty sugars available in the Pakistani retail market.
Sugar obtained from sugarcane contains 99.5 percent sucrose, commonly known as cane sugar. Sucrose belongs to a group of carbohydrates called disaccharides. It is soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol and ether, crystallizes in long, slender needles, and is dextrorotatory. Upon hydrolysis, sucrose yields a mixture of glucose and fructose, which are levorotatory. The mixture obtained is known as invert sugar, and the process is known as inversion. Inversion is carried on in the human intestine through the aid of enzymes known as inverses and sucrose. When heated to temperatures above 180 °C (356 °F), sucrose becomes the amorphous, brown, syrupy substance called caramel.
Sugar is not only used as a constituent in industrial and homemade food, but also as raw material in fermentation to produce ethyl alcohol, butyl alcohol, glycerin and citric acid. Sugar is also an ingredient in transparent soaps and can be converted to esters which yield tough, insoluble and infusible resins.
