Molasses is a viscous product resulting from refining sugarcane or sugar beets into sugar. Molasses varies by amount of sugar, method of extraction, and age of plant. Sugarcane molasses is primarily used for sweetening and flavoring foods in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere. Sugar beet molasses is foul-smelling and unpalatable, so it is mostly used as an animal feed additive in Europe and Russia, where it is chiefly produced. Molasses is a defining component of fine commercial brown sugar. Brix % 85.0-88.0, Polarization % 46.0 - 61.0 , Purity % 52.0- 58.0, Sucrose % 45.0 - 48.0 , Reducers %12.0 -15.0 , Total Sugar % 57.0- 63.0 , Ashes % 9.0 - 15.0 Molasses can be used: As the principal ingredient in the distillation of rum In dark rye breads or other whole grain breads In some cookies and pies In gingerbread (particularly in the Americas) In barbecue sauces In beer styles such as stouts and porters To stabilize emulsification of home-made vinaigrette To reconstitute brown sugar by combining it with white sugar As a humectant in jerky processing As a source for yeast production