What else you don't know about white sugar

Li Jing, vice chairman and secretary general of Hainan Sugar Association

Sugar plays an indispensable role in daily life, about 70% of the energy required for people's daily activities depends on the heat generated by the oxidation and decomposition of sugar, once the human body lacks sugar, the light will appear dizziness, panic, dizziness, heavy hypoglycemia, and even coma
.
Sucrose provides nearly 400 calories per 100 grams, while adults need 2,000-3,000 calories per day
.
Some people may say that they haven't eaten sugar for several days and don't see anything wrong
.
This is because sugar is already present in people's daily foods in the form of starch, cellulose, and other polysaccharides, such as rice, noodles, potatoes, legumes, vegetables, and fruits
.

White sugar plain taste sweet, moisturize the lungs, nourish the qi, clear heat and dampness, dissolve phlegm and relieve cough, but also inhibit bacteria and prevent corrosion
.
The high concentration of sugar solution can penetrate dehydration and reduce soft tissue edema
.

Sugar can be made into alcohol (ethanol) and is very
versatile.
It is well known that molasses produced by sugar mills can make alcohol
.
If necessary, raw sugar or white sugar can be re-melted in a relatively closed environment through the fermentation of specific yeast to produce alcohol
.
In Brazilian sugar mills, an average of 1 ton of sugar can be converted into 0.
566 cubic meters of absolute ethanol or 0.
591 cubic meters of anhydrous ethanol
.

Sugar can stabilize market prices
.
Because sugar is an important and special strategic material
.
Sugar, which usually looks ordinary, may become a relatively stable "hard currency"
that can be exchanged for various equivalent items in times of war.
As early as 1960, China officially listed white sugar as one of
the equally important war materials as grain, cotton and oil.
In order to ensure the security of sugar supply and stabilize market prices
.
China promulgated the Trial Measures for the Management of National Sugar Reserves in July 1991 and re-promulgated the Measures for the Management of Central Sugar Reserves in December 2020
.
In addition, major sugar-producing areas such as Guangxi and Yunnan have also introduced local sugar reserve policies
.

In order to protect the interests of sugar farmers and sugar mills, China has always implemented strict control measures on the import of sugar, which is why domestic sugar prices are often higher than international market prices
.
The situation in Japan is similar, Okinawa sugarcane sugar content is low to maintain cultivation, Hokkaido sugar beet sugar production cost is very high, but they have been adopting a very preferential policy to protect their sugar industry from impact, Western developed countries can reduce costs
after the cost of sugar production reaches scale.

China Food News(November 03, 2022 Version 06)

(Editor: Zhu Meiqiao)