The word ‘bagasse’ originates from the French word ‘bagage’ meaning rubbish or waste. Bagasse was first used to describe debris from the pressing of olives, palm nuts and grapes however it soon came to refer to the residue of other processed plant materials. The term ‘bagasse’ nowadays is exclusively limited to the residue of sugarcane.
Sugarcane Bagasse is rich in cellulose, high moisture content, also used for manufacturing animal feeds by mixing it with molasses and enzymes.
Sugarcane Baggase used as a culture medium for mushroom cultivation, the bagasse interspersed with mushroom mycelium, together with the mushroom fruiting bodies, or after harvesting these fruiting bodies, being used as feedstuff, in particular for fish.
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