Sugar is the generic name for sweet tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, which include glucose, fructose and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double sugars, are molecules made of two bonded monosaccharides. White Sugar is a refined form of sucrose.

ICUMSA stands for International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis, which is the unit used for the measurement of sugar color. The standard is domestically and internationally used by the Office of Cane and Sugar Board, Ministry of Industry, for the analysis and arrangement of sugar quality. The ICUMSA has been used to measure the grade of sugar by its color, which is the standard method used in the analysis of quality of sugar in cane and sugar industry.

Further, the ICUMSA serves as the international standard for measurement of sugar color for which facilitates trade between buyers and sellers. According to sugar color determination, appearance and specification of sugar are as follows:

White Sugar

Super Refined Sugar with ICUMSA 0-20 units or greater.
Appearance: small sugar particles, crystal clear with high purity (ICUMSA unit)

Refined Sugar with ICUMSA 21-45 or units or greater.

Appearance: white sugar particles, with certain purity.

White Sugar Grade 1 with ICUMSA 46-200 units

White Sugar Grade 2 with ICUMSA 201-400 units

White Sugar Grade 3 with ICUMSA 400-1,000 units

Raw Sugar

Raw Sugar has ICUMSA 1,001 units or greater.
Appearance: sugar crystals in light brown or dark brown with more tense aroma than white sugar.
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