The thick liquid left after sucrose has been removed from the mother liquor in sugar manufacture. Blackstrap molasses is the syrup from which no more sugar can be obtained economically. It contains approximately sucrose 20%, reducing sugars 20%, ash 10%, organic nonsugars 20%, water 20%. Combustible.
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Feed, food, raw material for various alcohols, acetone, citric acid, and yeast propagation. Sodium glutamate is made from Steffens molasses, a waste liquor from beet sugar manufacture.