COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES OF EGYPTIAN BEET MOLASSES

Beet sugar molasses studied in this investigation were kindly provided by delta sugar factory, kafr el-sheikh governorate, egypt. during the 2011 working season, the samples of molasses were analyzed for the following: brix, sugar, purity, non-sugar, ash, organic non-sugar, as well as relations between analytical values characterizing beet molasses. the obtained results illustrated the following conclusions: 1- refractive index was greater accuracy in measuring the soluble solids content in molasses. 2- approximate analysis of beet molasses were: brix 80.20 - 81.61, sucrose 48.36 - 49.56, ash 12.11 - 12.35 and organic non-sugar 18.48 - 20.89 %. 3- betaine was the most abundant nitrogenous compound found in molasses (3 - 4 %). 4- the non-sucrose carbohydrate of molasses consist of invert sugar, usually less than 1 % in molasses. 5- other nitrogen free organic impurities in beet molasses were the acids - lactic, citric, malic, and acetic and others.