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massecuite

 
 
(ma′skwēt)

(food engineering) Sugar industry term for sugar-molasses mixture prior to the removal of the molasses.


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The mixture of sugar crystals and syrup (mother liquor) obtained during the crystallization stage of sugar refining.

 
 
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