Alum is a salt that in chemistry is a combination of an alkali metal, such as sodium, potassium, or ammonium and a trivalent metal, such as aluminum, iron, or chromium.
USDA allocates a share of the anticipated U.S. sugar market to sugar producers annually. This allotment basically determines the amount of sugar an individual company is allowed to sell that year. However, these allotments can be, and often are, adjusted based on harvest conditions.
Click to enlarge. Source: Sugar â Consumption at a crossroads, Credit Suisse. Brazil is the worldâs largest sugar producer followed by India and China. With excess sugar production Brazil converts some of them into ethanol which is used as a fuel replacing gasoline. The country is also the worldâs largest exporter to the world market. China and India consume all the sugar produced.