CASE STUDY

SUGAR MILL SANITATION USING CHEMBOND’S

DTC BASED DISINFECTANT

A large sugar producer in Western India reported that their sugar

production process was causing numerous sanitation issues in the

factory.
Mill sanitation is a critical step in the sugar manufacturing process.

AT A GLANCE
Challenges SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The plant was experiencing sugar loss The sugar factory is a well-established

caused by bacterial action, enzymes, and organization that operates mills to produce sugar

other biological factors.

from sugarcane.
Foul odours in the factory were reported.
The manual labour involved was both
costly and ineffective. CHEMBOND’S SOLUTION
The recommended purity drop of primary After thoroughly reviewing the system, the Chembond

and mixed juice is less than 2. Here, it was

Water team made the following changes:
found to be greater than 2.

KEM WATREAT Food grade mill sanitizer

Benefits Our team replaced the mill's traditional cleaning practices

with Chembond's KEM WATREAT range of products. The

The earlier local formulation used for

KEM WATREAT food grade mill sanitizer, specially

mill sanitation offered a high purity drop

value (more than 2) with 30% active DTC. formulated with DTC as an active ingredient is widely

Chembond's KEM WATREAT product utilized as a sugar industry decontaminant.

implementation performed well,
resulting in a purity drop of less than Conclusion
2.0. Chembond Water Technologies Limited completed the

The KEM WATREAT food mill sanitizer project to the client’s satisfaction and continues to be a

product effectively controlled part of the mill’s sanitary practices.

undesirable microbial contamination.
 WHAT DOES PURITY DROP SIGNIFY?

Sugar industries usually monitor the percentage

purity of their produced sugar by measuring the:

And the purity drop refers to the difference in the

The KEM WATREAT Food grade mill sanitizer

% purity between the primary mill juice and

performed well in terms of purity drop which

was kept well below the value ofmixed
2.0, with mill
best juice.
purity drop being recorded at 0.91.

A lower purity drop refers to higher purity in both

mill juices and is favourable.

The KEM WATREAT Food grade mill sanitizer

performed well in terms of purity drop which was

kept well below the value of 2.0, with best purity

drop being recorded at 0.91.