The diagram shows the manufacturing process for making sugar from sugar cane. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The diagram gives information about the

process

by which

sugar

is produced from

sugar

cane. From an

overall

perspective, it can be seen clearly that the

process

consists of seven steps which can be divided into three general categories: farming, crushing and drying stages.

Firstly

, the main ingredient in

this

process

is farmed and nourished over a period of 12 to 18 months, which is the longest

step

in the whole

process

. At the proper time,

sugar

can is is harvested by means of two ways, either manually or using specialized vehicles. In the third

step

, the harvested

sugar

cane goes through the stage of crushing, resulting in a liquid form called juice. The fourth

step

involves purifying the juice through limestone filters. The purified juice now goes through the fifth

step

, which put it under extreme heat to allow it to evaporate to get syrup out of it.

Then

the syrup is centrifuged to separate crystals from the syrup. Once that happens the

sugar

is taken into the

last

phase of drying and cooling, which finalise the

process

and produce ready-to-use

sugar

packed and ready for sale.