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| Sugar | Minimum Purity (˚Z) | Maximum of Color (UI) | Ashes content (%) |
| Copersucar (2002) recommendations¹,² | Crystal Type 1 | 99.8 | 100 | < 0.07 |
| Crystal Type 2A | 99.7 | 150 | < 0.10 | |
| Crystal Type 2G | 99.7 | 150 | < 0.15 | |
| Crystal Type 3 | 99.7 | 200 | < 0.15 | |
| Crystal Type 4 | 99.5 | 400 | > 0.15 | |
| Refined | 99.8 | 45 | <0.04 | |
| Raw | 99.6 | 450 | Not available | |
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| Sugar | Minimum Purity (˚Z) | Maximum of Color (UI) | Ashes content (%) |
| ICUMSA (2011) recommendations³ | Refined sugar | 99.8 | 45 | Maximum 0.04 |
| Raw and brown sugar | 96 | 600 until 1200 | Not defined | |
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| Sugar | Minimum Purity (˚Z) | Maximum of Color (UI) | Ashes content (%) |
| Commodity contract specificationsa | Refined Sugar | 99.8 | 45 | Maximum 0.04 |
| Crystal Sugar | 99.6 | 150 | Maximum 0.07 | |
| Raw Sugar | 94 | 600 until 1200 | Not defined |