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Quicklime and carbon dioxide (for carbonation)
Quicklime (CaO) reacts with CO₂ to precipitate CaCO₃ in the clarification stage, trapping non-sucrose impurities; consumed at ~5 kg lime per tonne of sugar; most mills generate CO₂ in-house from lime kilns
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1 essential American goods rely on quicklime and carbon dioxide (for carbonation) somewhere upstream in their supply chain.