affination

food processing

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sugar

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    In sugar: Affination and melting

    Affination is the mingling of raw sugar with a warm, heavy syrup, which removes the molasses coating from the sugar crystal. The syrup and crystals are separated in a spinning centrifugal basket, and the crystals are further “washed” by a water spray.…

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