Russia: After sugar production, beet pulp from Lipetsk is exported

Published Nov 30, 2022

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The Lipetsk region in Russia is producing a significant volume of sugar from sugar beets, with over 470,000 tons produced from the new crop so far. This production volume is expected to be sufficient to provide sugar to the region and neighboring areas, and the region is also a major contributor to the country's sugar production, ranking among the top three. The Dobrinsky Sugar Plant is storing syrup for later sugar production, and the region also produces over 48,000 tons of pulp, which is exported, and molasses, used for yeast production. The region produces 14 times more sugar than its population needs, according to health ministry recommendations. Sugar beet harvesting is ongoing, with over 4.7 million tons dug up so far.

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The volume of sugar produced in the Lipetsk region is approaching 500,000 tons 220 years ago, the first 300 poods of sugar were produced in Russia. Today, the country not only fully provides itself with this food product, but also supplies it abroad. And the by-products of the sugar beet subcomplex are a valuable feed additive for animal husbandry. Agrarians of the Lipetsk region continue harvesting sugar beet, and sugar factories are actively processing it. As of November 28 of this year, 3.4 million tons of sweet root crops were processed at 6 sugar factories in the region. More than 470,000 tons of sugar were produced from the beetroot of the new crop. “This volume is already enough to provide all the inhabitants of the region with sugar, and it will be enough for neighboring regions,” said Igor Kremnev, Deputy Governor of the Lipetsk Region. “In terms of sugar production, we are confidently among the top three in the country. In addition, the Dobrinsky Sugar Plant is storing ...

Source: Agroxxi