Good-quality red sugarcane should have large, rough stalks, long segments, no signs of insects, and the skin should be a shiny blackish purple color.
家住南投埔里的詹先生，種植了三公頃的紅皮甘蔗，「品質好的紅甘蔗要莖粗大、節間長、無蟲蛀孔、蔗皮呈黑紫色、有光澤。」