American Sugar Refining

American Sugar Refining, Inc.
IndustryFood
Founded1998 (partnership between the Florida Crystals Corporation and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida)
HeadquartersWest Palm Beach, Florida
Area served
United States
Mexico
United Kingdom
Key people
Luis Fernandez, Co-President, and Antonio L. Contreras, Jr., Co-President
ProductsSweeteners
Websitewww.ASR-Group.com

American Sugar Refining, Inc. is a large privately held cane sugar refining company, with a production capacity of 6.5 million tons of sugar. The company produces a full line of consumer, industrial, food service, and specialty sweetener products. In 2013, it adopted the corporate brand name ASR Group. Its ownership structure is based on a partnership which includes the Florida Crystals Corporation, part of FLO-SUN, a sugar empire of the Fanjul brothers whose origins go back to Spanish-Cuban sugar plantations of the early 19th century.