Solids Recovery

The stillage obtained from the process employing sugarcane molasses can be centrifuged to collect the yeast debris, which has a significant nutritive value, remaining the thin stillage. This stillage is later evaporated leaving up to 50 to 65% solids to increase its stability against the microbial action. In this way, it can be commercialized for animal feed. However, its high salts content, especially potassium, has limited its use to only up to 10% of the ruminant diet (less than 2% in swine diet) to avoid laxative effects (Nguyen, 2003). The stillage derived from other types of sucrose-containing feedstocks, such as cane juice or beet molasses, can be used in the same way.