Cane Testing

  • Eswatini Sugar provides an independent cane testing service which provides guidance on cane testing for while industry. The mills perform the cane testing function on behalf of Eswatini Sugar under a Service Level Agreement under the supervision of the department. The Eswatini Sugar Cane Testing Services department then provides an independent audit on all cane testing operations at each mill. The audit covers equipment and instruments, sampling and analytical methods and practices, as well as maintenance of records and documents. This is to ensure that the cane payment process is equitable to both the millers and the growers. 
  • The critical elements of the cane testing system are: the weighing of cane and mixed juice; the sampling of cane, bagasse and mixed juice; and the analysis of the same products for pol, brix, moisture and suspended solids. Unlike in other industries where Recoverable Value (RV) is used, the measure of quality used as a basis for payment Eswatini is pol % cane.