ize ▁the ▁sugar ▁ju ices ▁during ▁ev ap oration . ▁Re fin eries , ▁often ▁located ▁near er ▁to ▁consum ers ▁in ▁North ▁America , ▁Europe , ▁and ▁Japan , ▁then ▁produce ▁ref ined ▁white ▁sugar , ▁which ▁is ▁ 9 9 % ▁suc rose . ▁These ▁two ▁stages ▁are ▁slowly ▁mer ging . ▁In cre asing ▁aff lu ence ▁in ▁the ▁sugar - produ cing ▁trop ics ▁increased ▁demand ▁for ▁ref ined ▁sugar ▁products , ▁driving ▁a ▁tr end ▁toward ▁combined ▁mill ing ▁and ▁ref ining . ▁ ▁Mill ing ▁ ▁Sug arc ane ▁processing ▁produces ▁can e ▁sugar ▁( s uc rose ) ▁from ▁sugar c ane . ▁Other ▁products ▁of ▁the ▁processing ▁include ▁bag asse , ▁mol ass es , ▁and ▁filter ca ke . ▁ ▁Bag asse , ▁the ▁resid ual ▁dry ▁fi ber ▁of ▁the ▁can e ▁after ▁can e ▁ju ice ▁has ▁been ▁extracted , ▁is ▁used ▁for ▁several ▁purposes : ▁fuel ▁for ▁the ▁bo ilers ▁and ▁kil ns , ▁production ▁of ▁paper , ▁paper board ▁products , ▁and ▁reconst it uted ▁panel board , ▁agricult ural ▁mul ch , ▁and ▁more , ▁as ▁a ▁raw ▁material ▁for ▁production ▁of ▁chemical s . ▁ ▁The ▁primary ▁use ▁of ▁bag asse ▁and ▁bag asse ▁resid ue ▁is ▁as ▁a ▁fuel ▁source ▁for ▁the ▁bo ilers ▁in ▁the ▁generation ▁of ▁process ▁steam ▁in ▁sugar ▁plants . ▁D ried ▁filter ca ke ▁is ▁used ▁as ▁an ▁animal ▁feed ▁supp lement , ▁fert il izer , ▁and ▁source ▁of ▁sugar c