ICUMSA - International Commission for Uniform Methods of Sugar Analysis;

ICUMSA Color - a method utilized to determine the color of a sugar, through light absorption and/or reflection by a sugar solution. The higher the absorption/reflection the higher the sugar color and the higher the number indicating its color;

Pol - apparent quantity of sugar;

Moisture - water content in sugar;

Ashes - amount of solubilized salts in a sugar solution, assessed by electrical conductivity;

Black Spots - visual count of dark particles in a certain amount of sugar;

Magnetic Particles - metallic particles contained in sugar, determined by the use of magnets;

Insoluble Residues - insoluble impurities from the raw material, sugarcane, contained in the sugar;

SO2 -residue of the product utilized in the sugar bleaching process;

Molds and Yeasts - fungi widely distributed in the environment may be found as normal flora in foodstuffs;

Salmonella - pathogenic enterobacterial natural in man and warm-blooded animals. Salmonellas make up a large group which includes about 1,570 biochemically-related serum types.