It is slowly crystallized from very pure liquid during sugar processing and is used mainly by the brewing industry. The major by-products of sugar cane production are molasses, bagasse fiber, and cane wax. Cane molasses is the syrup that remains after the sugar has been crystallized out. They are used mainly as livestock feed. Cane molasses is also used for making alcoholic drinks, particularly rum.
Bagasse is the cane fiber that remains after the sugar cane has been rolled.
It is so dry that it can be used to fire the mill furnaces that heat the sugar boilers. Some of it may be baled and shipped to factories, where it is pressed into building board. Cane wax is extracted from the dried material that has been filtered out of the sugary liquid during the production of raw cane sugar. It is used in manufacturing. Sugar cane cultivation did not reach Europe until the Middle Ages, when conquering Arabs brought it to Spain.