IPB Student Creates Golden Sugar Syrup

Although it has existed since the Dutch colonial period, the fate of the Indonesian sugar industry is not as sweet as its product. Many issues continue to plague the national sugar industry, ranging from aging factories, reduced sugarcane fields, farm inefficiency and low productivity to a flood of cheap imported sugar due to poor market regulation. Total sugar consumption in Indonesia estimate to 5.6 MMT per year, while domestic sugar production is only 2 million tons per year, and the rest of Indonesia depends on imports. The condition is very worrying about the stability of the economy and the food security of Indonesia. Artificial sweeteners are increasingly popular as an alternative to sugar. Sugar alternative products have been developed in Indonesia are ant sugar from sugar cane or brown sugar from palm juice and coconut. However, this type of sugar is less applicable than all other sweetener for food products. Therefore, other alternative sugar products are really  needed

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