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廃糖蜜 (haitoumitsu) Japanese meaning: molasses | Kotomora

廃はい糖とう蜜みつ

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Meanings

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molasses; black treacle

Technical term for the dark, viscous byproduct of sugar refining; used in food processing, fermentation, and animal feed.

廃はい糖とう蜜みつは発はっ酵こう原げん料りょうとして利り用ようされる

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Molasses is used as a fermentation feedstock.

Kanji

廃abolish, obsolete, cessation
糖sugar
蜜honey, nectar, molasses

Related words

糖とう蜜みつ
糖蜜 is a broader term for any thick syrup produced during sugar refining, while 廃糖蜜 specifically refers to the final residual molasses after maximum sugar extraction.

Etymology

Compound of 廃 (hai, 'waste') + 糖蜜 (tōmitsu, 'molasses'), literally 'waste molasses'.