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Vinasse is a byproduct of the sugar or ethanol industry. [1] Sugarcane or sugar beet is processed to produce crystalline sugar, pulp and molasses.The latter are further processed by fermentation to ethanol, ascorbic acid or other products.
It also takes place in some species of fish (including goldfish and carp) where (along with lactic acid fermentation) it provides energy when oxygen is scarce. [ 1 ] Ethanol fermentation is the basis for alcoholic beverages , ethanol fuel and bread dough rising.
Molasses were also used for curing meat and pickling fish, and for medicinal purposes. At the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, the Americans used barrels of molasses, among other items, as hasty barricades to provide cover from the advancing British. Chapel, Charles Edward, The Boy's Book of Rifles, Coward-McCann, Inc.,
Divers in the harbor area reported that all sea life in the area were killed by the molasses, which instantly sank to the bottom of the harbor and caused widespread deoxygenation. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 3 ] Members of various coral species were injured or killed, and more than 26,000 fish and members of other marine species suffocated and died, 17,000 ...
[a] The Romans called this dish salsamentum – which term later included salted fat, the sauces and spices used for its preparation. [42] Also evidence of ancient sausage production exists. The Roman gourmet Apicius speaks of a sausage-making technique involving œnogaros (a mixture of the fermented fish sauce garum with oil or wine). [ 43 ]
In 1923, the price of alcohol from molasses was less than 20 cents per US gallon, while retail gasoline prices had reached an all-time high of 28 cents per gallon. Standard Oil experiments with a 10% alcohol, 90% gasoline blend for a few months to increase octane and stop engine knock.
Pilot Plant (College Station, Texas) The process uses a mixed culture of naturally occurring microorganisms found in natural habitats such as the rumen of cattle, termite guts, and marine and terrestrial swamps to anaerobically digest biomass into a mixture of carboxylic acids produced during the acidogenic and acetogenic stages of anaerobic ...
Starting with the Molasses Act 1733, followed by the Sugar Act 1764, a shift in alcohol consumption occurred. This was more than a protest against taxation of molasses, the main ingredient in rum production. Whiskey became the spirit of choice for many American colonists who wished to thumb their noses at Britain.