Sugar recovery is the amount of sugar recovered from a fixed amount of sugarcane during the crushing process. The recovery depends upon several factors like:

• Sugarcane quality
  The quality of sugarcane directly determines the sugar recovery. For example, farmers are encouraged to bring less trash and binding material to improve overall recovery.
  
  
• Operational efficiencies of the manufacturer
  Operating efficiencies and technology used impact the recovery to a large extent.
  
  
• Delay in crushing after harvesting of sugarcane
  Sugarcane quality declines rapidly once the sugarcane has been harvested. To maintain high recovery it is essential to minimise the delay in crushing after the sugarcane is harvested.