Specialty Sugar

We offer three types of Specialty Sugar with very specific size-availabilities.

Bottlers Sugar

Granulated sugar must meet both Bottlers and United Sugar Producers & Refiners specifications to be labeled as Bottlers Sugar. Our factory and research laboratories routinely sample and perform analytical and microbiological tests.


Available Industrial Sizes

50 pound bags
2000 pound supersacks

50 pound bags  2000 pound supersacks  

General Requirements

This food grade product is manufactured in accordance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices and complies with the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and all other FDA regulations as well as any applicable state statutes and regulations

Characteristics

Ash NMT** 0.015%
Color NMT** 45 RBU
Sediment NMT** 2ppm
Odor Free of foreign odors
Floc (Beet) Negative
Mesophilic Bacteria NMT** 200 CFUs per 10 grams
Yeast NMT** 10 CFU/10 grams
Mold NMT** 10 CFU/10 grams

*NLT = No less than
**NMT = No more than

Canners Sugar

United offers many of our granulated and liquid sugars in a “Canners” grade. To qualify as “Canners” Sugar, Granulated and Liquid Sugars must meet the bacterial standards of the National Food Processors Association in addition to other specifications. Our factory and research laboratories routinely sample and perform analytical and microbiological tests.


Available Industrial Sizes

50 pound bags
2000 pound supersacks

50 pound bags  2000 pound supersacks  

General Requirements

National Food Processors Association Bacterial Standards for Canners Grade Sugar

Total Thermophilic Spore Count: For the five samples examined, there shall be a maximum of not more than 150 spores and an average of not more than 125 spores per 10 grams of sugar.
Flat Sour Spores: For the five samples examined, there shall be a maximum of not more than 75 spores and an average of not more than 50 spores per 10 grams of sugar.
Thermophilic Anaerobic Spores: These shall be present in not more than three (60%) of the five samples and in any one sample to the extent of not more than four (>65%) of six tubes inoculated by the standard procedures.
Sulfide Spoilage Spores: These shall be present in not more than two (40%) of the five samples and in any one sample to the extent of not more than 5 spores per 10 grams. This would be equivalent to two colonies in the six inoculated tubes.
Bacterial standards from the National Food Processors Association were established in 1931 with subsequent updating.

National Formulary Sugar

United offers many of our granulated sugars in a “National Formulary” grade. Each lot is certified to be in accordance with National Formulary monograph requirements for sucrose.


Available Industrial Sizes

50 pound bags
2000 pound supersacks

50 pound bags  2000 pound supersacks  

General Requirements

This food grade product is manufactured in accordance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices and complies with the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act and all other FDA regulations as well as any applicable state statutes and regulations. It also complies with the specifications in the current USP/NF monograph.

Analysis/Typical Analysis

Odor Free of foreign odors
Color Value* NMT** 45
Appearance of Solution* Clarity of sample solution is the same as that of water or its opalescence is not more pronounced than that of the reference suspension
Optical Rotation* Between 66.3 and 67.0 degrees at 20°C
Conductivity* NMT** 35 uSI-cm-1
Sulfite* NMT** half the absorbance difference of the reference solution
Loss on Drying* NMT** 0.1%
Reducing Sugar* Blue color does not disappear completely
Moisture NMT** 0.035%
Ash NMT** 0.05%
Sediment NMT** 2ppm visual
Visual Speck Count NMT** 2 per 500 grams
Granulation Meets Fine Granulated Sugar granulation requirements

* Results obtained by NF Test Procedure
**NMT = No more than

Microbiological Standards

  • No pathogenic microorganisms. Meets National Soft Drink standards.