Producing sugar from sugar cane or beet is a process with multiple steps. Along the complete production chain a tight quality control is important to ensure optimized yield and quality. FT-NIR offers a fast and effective tool for controlling the critical QC parameters of raw materials, products and byproducts in all production steps: disintegrated cane, different types of juices, molasses, massecuites, raw sugar and syrups up to side products like bagasse and bioethanol.