跟读练习: How Cane Sugar Is Made - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Cane Sugar has been the sweetener of choice for over 2,000 years.
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Cane Sugar has been the sweetener of choice for over 2,000 years.
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It is used in all types of foods due to its versatility.
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It enhances flavor, aroma, texture and browning.
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It also helps retain moisture and preserve freshness.
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Sugar starts with Sugar Cane, a tall tropical grass that can grow up to 20 feet high.
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When it is ready for harvest, the tops are removed, leaving the bay stalks behind so they can grow into the next crop.
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Sugar cane is a renewable resource that doesn't have to be replanted to produce a new crop.
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After harvesting and transporting to the mill, the sugar cane is washed and cut into shreds.
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Next, huge rollers crush the cane really, really hard.
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This mixture goes down to the separators, where the fibers are removed and the juice is sent on to the evaporators,
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which are basically huge pots heated by a furnace burning the dried sugarcane fiber.
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How efficient is that?
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This syrup is thickened by boiling off the water.
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Once the syrup is cooled, it is time for it to be crystallized.
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To get crystals from the syrup, it is seeded with, well, crystals of sugar.
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Just a sprinkle is enough to kick-start the process.
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From there it is moved into centrifuges, where centrifugal force squeezes out any remaining liquid, leaving, you guessed it, dry sugar crystals.
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Now the crystals are purified, decolorized, recrystallized, and dried in a large granulator.
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Next, they are sized by running them through a variety of screens, all to remove any impurities and make the sugar crystals just the right size and color.
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The end result is pure cane sugar.
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No bleaching or added chemicals required.
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Different types of sugar are created at various steps in this manufacturing process.
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Turbinado sugar has only been partially refined and only the surface molasses washed off.
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Brown sugar contains some of the surface molasses syrup, which imparts that characteristic molasses flavor.
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Granulated sugar is the last step in the manufacturing process.
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Now that the sugar is ready, there is one final step before it can be packaged and shipped.
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Every batch is tested in a lab to ensure that it meets the highest standard of quality.
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Because at Imperial Sugar and Dixie Crystals, we take great pride in turning pure cane into pure love from our family to yours.
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