146. Molasses

Molasses shall be —

the mother liquor obtained by evaporating juice of sugar-cane until a large proportion of sugar has been separated by crystallisation; or

the syrupy food obtained by evaporation and partial inversion of the juice of sugar-cane which juice may or may not be clarified with or without the addition of sulphurous acid, and shall contain not more than 25% (w/w) moisture and 12% (w/w) sulphated ash.