Gardening is fun and healthy | Saccharum officinarum Linn| The benefits of sugarcane and sugarcane juice

Sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum Linn) is a plant grown for sugar and MSG raw materials. Sugarcane has a very high sweet content on the stem. This plant is a type of grass. Plant age from planting to harvest reaches approximately 1 year. The benefits of this plant are not only in terms of health but also from the side of industry, household consumption, agriculture and livestock.

Consumption of sugar cane pulp mixed with straw, coal, and adhesive from starch flour can be used as an alternative fuel to meet the needs of household consumption. This grilled bahar is called biobriquette. Cane can be processed in such a way that it becomes an additional flavor of dishes on the cuisine. Made soft drinks like sugar cane juice. Especially if in hot weather it can refresh the body.

The main ingredient for making sugar. Can be used as stone sugar, granulated sugar, crystal sugar and beam sugar. - Paper maker. Cane pulp can be processed into paper. - As a power plant. The last milletan cane pulp contains elements that can be used as an energy generator. These energy can be used for the process of making sugar - material making alcohol. Molasses or sugar cane drops which are the side results from sugar production. Cane drops can be used because the sugar content is quite high, which is around 52%. Therefore it can be processed into alcohol.

Animal feed - Unprocessed cane parts can be used as animal feed, especially ruminants. Moreover, sugar cane is indeed a type of grass-rumpotane.

Compost fertilizer - Sugar cane is organic material so that it can be used as a compost fertilizer maker. According to research, compost made of sugar cane can significantly increase nitrogen absorption after 3 months of use.

Sugarcane plants can only grow in tropical climates. Sugarcane has many types and varieties, ranging from yellow sugar cane, red sugar cane and other sugar cane. To harvest sugarcane, it has no effect on the season. Even in the transition season, the sugarcane yields are still satisfying. Many people in our area cultivate sugar cane by utilizing empty land in their front yards. This sugar cane is usually consumed personally and partly sold to sugarcane water traders.

Sugarcane can be consumed directly by biting it. Extraction usually in modern times has also used a tool in the form of a crusher which will then extract sugarcane juice to its roots.

Launching the book Sugarcane Biotechnology: Challenges and Prospects sugarcane juice also contains vitamins A, B1 to B6, C, and E. In addition to vitamins, a glass of sugarcane water also provides the body with various minerals such as potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and iron.

If you are looking for foods or drinks that are a source of antioxidants, sugarcane juice can be one of them. According to a study in 2014, this drink is rich in antioxidants in the form of phenolic acid, quercetin, caffeic acid, and ellagic acid.