Sugar with beets all over the body is "treasure"

Wang Ronghua, researcher at Shihezi Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Sugar beet is the second largest sugar crop in China, is also an important sugar raw material in northern China, the main product is sugar, can also be used to produce methanol, ethanol, monosodium glutamate, acetone, adenosine triphosphate, chlortetracycline, vitamin B complex and other industrial products

The nutrition of beets

Beet stems and leaves are ideal for juicy green feeds, containing a variety of digestible nutrients needed by livestock and poultry, such as crude protein, crude fat, crude fiber and soluble non-nitrogen, and are also rich in carotene

Beetroot contains an average of 75% moisture and 25% solids

"Three wastes" utilization

The "three wastes" of the sugar beet sugar factory refer to the processed beet waste silk, waste honey and filter mud

Make granulated meal

Preparation of dietary fiber

Extract pectin

Sugar beet waste honey is a black thick paste containing 40%-50% sucrose in the sugar making process, because it can no longer crystallize, it can no longer return to boiled sugar, and contains a large number of kinds of sugar and protein, which is a cheap and high-quality raw material

Beet sludge is a waste filter residue filtered out of the sugar juice purification process, the main component is calcium carbonate, rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and organic matter, is an acidic soil conditioner

Betaine and health

Betaine is a non-toxic osmotic regulatory substance, which was first extracted and isolated from beets, and is a unique functional component of beets

Betaine has a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect, which can remove oxygen free radicals in the blood, play an anti-inflammatory and detoxifying role

China Food News (2022-09-15 06 edition)

(Editor-in-Charge: Gao Na)