Taiwan Sugar Research Institute

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台糖研究所
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| location = East, Tainan, Taiwan

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The Taiwan Sugar Research Institute (TSRI; {{zh|t=台糖研究所|poj=Tâi-thn̂g Gián-kiù-só͘|p=Táitáng Yánjiūsuǒ}}) is a sugar research center of Taiwan Sugar Corporation in East District, Tainan, Taiwan.

History

The research center was founded in 1901 during the Japanese colonial era.{{cite news|date=1 January 1983|url=http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=115901&ctNode=124|title=The Taiwan Sugar Research Institute: The sweet taste of success|newspaper=Taiwan Today|access-date=29 March 2021}}

Facilities

The research center spread over 387 hectares of land, including 375 hectares of experimental farmland. It contains a series of bio-reactors and downstream processing facilities, such as chromatography columns, membrane separators, spray drier and crystallizer.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

Research

The current research TSRI is undergoing is to find new techniques to raise as much sugarcane as possible per area of usable land and to discover new and resistant sugarcane species from disease and pests.{{Cn|date=March 2025}}

The Taiwan Sugar Research Institute has collaborated with the National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism to produce rhum agricole from the sugarcane variety ROC24. In 2025 two of the research batches won gold medals at the Vinalies Internationales competition in France.{{cite web |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |last2=Chen-hong |first2=Hong |title=Taiwanese rums win top awards in French competition |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2025/03/16/2003833522 |website=taipeitimes.com |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=15 March 2025}}