Cuba: ICIDCA to boost sugar agribusiness diversification

Havana, Dec 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuba is currently boosting to diversify its sugar agribusiness openings, giving priority to send molasses obtained in the mills to the rum production, a specialized source reported Thursday.

In an interview with Prensa Latina, Mariela Gallardo, Director-General of the Cuban Institute for Research on Sugar Cane Derivatives (ICIDCA), said ICIDCA provides technical advice to rum distilleries.

ICIDCA – belonging to the Azcuba Sugar Business Group – presented its Premium Aguja Blanca rum mid-2022, named after the American writer Ernest Hemingway.

Associated with that brand, the Antonio Sánchez sugar-mill, located about 350 kilometers southeast of the Cuban capital, will soon manufacture white rums.

Gallardo highlighted ICIDCA´s works done aimed at a greater use of sugarcane wax, which contributes to a group of industrial items.