Sucram - as a replacement for molasses

Case Study from South Africa

A customer currently uses 8% molasses in their dairy meals. Due to the low maize price the cost of molasses is currently higher than the cost of maize and other grain by-products.

Postulation : By replacing some of the molasses with maize and other grain by-products and adding Pancosma’s high intensity sweetener SUCRAM to get the equivalent “sweetness” in the diet, we could save feed costs while increasing the energy density of the feed.

Raw Material Prices

Molasses R800/ton
  Maize Meal R750/ton (1 Euro = 7.98 South African Rand)  
  Wheat Bran R450/ton  
  Sucram
R125/kg 		 

Recommendation : Replace 50 kg of molasses with 20 kg of maize meal and 30 kg of wheat bran and add SUCRAM to acquire the equivalent level of “sweetness”. The remaining 30 kg of molasses is left in the feed for physical properties.

How much Sucram should be added?

  • SUCRAM contains 540 times more “sweetness” than sugar
  • 100 grams of SUCRAM therefore equals 54 kg of sugar
  • Molasses contains 46.7% sugar
  • 100 grams of SUCRAM therefore equals 116 kg of molasses
Ecomonics Cost per tonne of feed Energy supplied
  Current scenario      
  50 kg molasses R40.00 450 MJ ME  
  Recommended      
20 kg maize meal R15.00 248 MJ ME
30kg wheat bran R13.50 294 MJ ME
43 g SUCRAM (*) R05.38 N/a
Total R33.88 542 MJ ME

(*) Equivalent of 50 kg of molasses

Conclusion:

By replacing 50 kg of molasses with maize meal, wheat bran and 43 grams of SUCRAM feed cost was reduced by R6.12/tonne while the energy density of the feed increased by 0,1 MJ ME/kg feed. An excellent solution for the customer. Another example of the versatility of SUCRAM!