Since 1986 — Together We Model Excellence

Unlock Peak Performance in Sugar Processing

Sugars™ is the only process modeling and simulation software engineered exclusively for the sugar industry. Predict, optimize, and innovate with unparalleled confidence.
Why Sugars™

Engineered Exclusively for Your Success

Unlike generic engineering tools, Sugars™ is meticulously designed to understand and simulate every unique characteristic of sugar manufacturing — from cane milling and juice clarification to multi-effect evaporation and crystallization.

Purpose-Built Precision

Developed solely for sugar and ethanol processes, ensuring unmatched accuracy and relevance that generic tools cannot provide.

Intuitive Visual Interface

Leverage the familiar Microsoft® Visio® environment to easily design, visualize, and modify complex process models.

Holistic Balance Calculations

Simultaneously compute complete mass, heat, and color balances for every flow stream in your factory.

Expert Sugar Technologists

Our support engineers are seasoned sugar technologists, offering deep industry knowledge — not just software expertise.
Transformative Capabilities

Unleash the Power of Predictive Analytics

Predict Operating Results Before Changing the Factory

Validate your model against real plant data, then rapidly test scenarios. Change imbibition water, reroute vapor, modify boiling schemes — and instantly see the full downstream impact. Fast simulation replaces months of costly live factory trials with data-driven confidence.
  • Validate models against actual plant data
  • Test multiple scenarios in a single session
  • Instantly see downstream impact of any change

Quantify the Financial Return of Every Process Improvement

Sugars™ calculates Net Process Revenue — the difference between revenues from all products (sugar, molasses, bagasse) and the cost of all consumables. This transforms simulation results into direct, actionable investment guidance within minutes.
  • Calculate Net Process Revenue instantly
  • Evaluate capital investment economics
  • Compare ROI across process alternatives

Maximize Sugar Yield Across Every Stage of Production

Systematically evaluate yield improvement strategies across the full production chain. Model advanced recovery technologies including molasses desugarization, ion exchange, and membrane filtration to quantify their effect before committing capital.
  • Optimize imbibition water ratios
  • Model advanced recovery technologies
  • Adapt to raw material quality variations

Rapidly Evaluate Energy-Reducing Process Changes

Identify and implement energy-saving process configurations by optimizing steam distribution and boiler loads. Quickly simulate scenarios to evaluate energy reduction strategies and significantly cut operational expenses.
  • Optimize steam distribution
  • Evaluate alternative fuel scenarios
  • Reduce operational energy costs

Reveal What Instruments Cannot Measure

Many critical flow streams remain unmeasurable by physical instrumentation. Sugars™ provides full details — flow rates, temperatures, pressures, dissolved solids, purity, and color — for every stream, derived from rigorous mass and energy balances.
  • Full flow-stream visibility
  • Data reconciliation capabilities
  • Flag faulty measuring devices

Ensure Data Integrity Across Your Operations

Compare measured values against simulated results to identify inconsistencies, flag faulty measuring devices, and produce more accurate management reports. Data reconciliation ensures your decisions are based on verified, trustworthy information.
  • Compare measured vs. simulated values
  • Identify instrument inconsistencies
  • Improve management report accuracy
9+
Sample Models
Core Simulation Engine

Every Process, One Complete Digital Twin

SUGARS™ models the entire sugar manufacturing process — from raw material intake through final product. Each model provides full flow-stream detail including flow rates, temperatures, pressures, dissolved solids, purity, and color, giving engineers a comprehensive digital twin of the factory.

Milling

Cane preparation, mill tandem, imbibition water, bagasse
Sucrose in bagasse Juice extraction Steam demand

Evaporation

Multi-effect evaporators, vapor routing, condensate recovery
DS% per effect Vapor pressures Steam demand

Crystallization

Boiling scheme, vacuum pans, centrifugals, molasses
Crystal content & purity Color (CU) Sugar yield

Sample Models & Factory Configurations

SUGARS™ includes ready-to-use sample models covering the full spectrum of sugar manufacturing — from standalone unit operations to complete factory simulations.

Cane Factory (Milling)

6,000 MT cane/day raw sugar factory with steam turbine-driven mills and all process steps through crystallization.

Cane Factory (Diffusion)

6,000 MT cane/day raw sugar factory starting with diffusion and including all process steps through crystallization.

Beet Factory

6,000 MT beet/day sugar factory starting with diffusion and including all process steps through crystallization.

Refinery

1,800 MT raw cane sugar/day refinery with affination, phosphatation, decolorization, evaporation, and sugar drying.

Ion Exchange

Ion exchange decolorizing process reducing color from 4,000 CU to 1,925 CU across multiple cycles.

Molasses Desugarization

360 MT molasses/day desugarization using chromatographic separation and multiple-effect evaporation.

6-Effect Evaporator

Multiple-effect evaporator with juice heating, thermocompression, split condensate flashing, and liquor concentration.

Steam Pulp Dryer

High-pressure steam pulp dryer with diffusion, pulp pressing, turbo generator, and thin juice evaporation.

Ethanol Distillation

Complete ethanol production and processing model for integrated sugar-ethanol operations.
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Sustainability

Meet Your Environmental Goals

Sugars™ identifies the options with the highest potential for minimizing environmental impact, allowing you to weigh benefits against internal targets and regulatory requirements with confidence.

Air Emissions

Model and minimize air emissions from boilers and process equipment.

Wastewater Discharge

Optimize water usage and reduce wastewater volumes across the factory.

Solid Waste

Evaluate strategies to minimize solid waste generation and maximize by-product value.
40 +
Years of Industry Expertise
Trusted by sugar producers, engineering firms, and equipment suppliers worldwide since 1986.
Full Engineering Lifecycle

Design, Train, and Innovate with Confidence

01

Design New Factories

Rapidly compare alternate designs and prevent costly mistakes before construction begins. Changing the routing of a process flow stream is as simple as clicking and moving.
02

Train Process Engineers

Engineers learn while building the Sugars™ model, observing results from changes and gaining years of valuable operating experience in a fraction of the time.
03

Evaluate R&D Projects

Model and simulate R&D projects before funds are committed. Evaluate expected performance and prioritize projects with the most significant financial gains.
Proven Results

Decades of Real-World Validation

“The factory was modified according to the model and it exactly produced the results predicted by Sugars™.”
Validating a unique processing approach
“There is no substitute for the ease of use and accurateness of the Sugars™ software.”
Comparing simulation tools
“Sugars™ helps us avoid those unforeseen problems that can occur with a new project.”
Risk mitigation for capital projects
“We use it for our daily operations. It gives us an opportunity to test possibilities prior to implementing them. The model is built so that it mirrors our factory conditions almost exactly.”
Daily operational optimization
“In our opinion, Sugars™ is one of the most useful tools for simulation, calculation, and teaching that we have ever used, in the works for the improvement of our facilities.”
Facility improvement and training
Flexible Licensing

Secure, Convenient Access for Global Teams

Download and run Sugars™ across multiple devices and locations worldwide, limited only by concurrent users. Our cloud-based licensing combines robust security with unparalleled flexibility.

Cloud-Based License Server

Authenticates via internet while your software runs locally — your intellectual property remains fully secure.

Offline Mode

Work without an internet connection for up to two weeks after activation — perfect for remote sites or travel.

Instant Delivery

Receive your software license via email, eliminating physical shipping delays and customs hassles.

Self-Managed

Designated administrators can easily create, assign, or delete license keys, streamlining team onboarding.

Expert Support Included

Up to 8 hours of yearly software application technical support from experienced sugar technologists.

Continuous Updates

Entitlement to all software updates including bug fixes and new features with an active license.
Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about SUGARS™ process modeling and simulation software.
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See Sugars™ in Action

Fill out the form and our team of experienced sugar technologists will schedule a personalized demonstration of Sugars™ process modeling and simulation capabilities tailored to your factory's specific needs.
  • Personalized Walkthrough of SUGARS™ Models and Capabilities
  • Net Process Revenue analysis demonstration
  • Q&A with experienced sugar technologists

Ready to Model Excellence?

Unlock the full potential of your sugar processing operations. Contact Sugars International today to discover how Sugars™ can drive profitability, efficiency, and innovation in your factory.