Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe

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Cane molass sold as fertilizer in Europe

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Hallo,
I live in Italy, and there is not great choice of molasses here, molass being not part of the food culture.

I found this on Amazon:
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It's decently cheap at €34,00 for 28 kg delivered at home, it is without sulphures. There is a 7kg package to test it.

The obvious problem is that it is sold as fertilizer. Not even cattle feed, fertilizer.

That means there might be some ingredients that are not declared on the label and that might be harmful.

So the question is: is there anybody with sufficient knowledge of the cane sugar industry and technology and typical uses that can tell me in what form is cane sugar used as a fertilizer? Is this exactly the same as cattle feed cane sugar, or could it contain questionable ingredients for our hobby?

Besides, if it is deemed suitable for rum production, is it sweet enough to keep well, or should I buy the smallest quantities available? (I will distill only for personal use, so a 28 kg would last for a long time. Unless I use it, in part, also in my beer wort).

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