The amount of molasses produced is about 3.3 percent of the weight of the sugarcane. It has been discovered that the sugar it contains can be used as raw material for fermenting alcohol.
糖蜜的產量約為甘蔗重量的百分之三．三，在它沒被充分利用前，被視作廢物，後來才被人發現它所含糖分可作為酒精發酵及酵母的原料。