Abstract:
AN ENZYMATICALLY PRODUCED FRUCTOSE-CONTAINING SOLUTION IS REFINED BY SEQUENTIALLY TREATING THE SOLUTION WITH ACTIVATED CARBON, MAINTAINING THE SOLUTION AT AN ACIDIC PH AND CONTACTING THE SOLUTION WITH A STRONG ACID CATION EXCHANGE RESIN IN THE HYDROGEN FORM AND THEN WITH A WEAK BASE ANION EXCHANGE RESIN IN THE FREE BASE FORM.
Abstract:
A method of purifying enzymatically isomerized glucose syrups containing fructose. These syrups contain salts which contribute to the ash content, colored bodies, odoriferous materials, and other impurities. To remove these impurities, the isomerized, glucose syrups are treated with a strong acid cation exchange resin in the hydrogen form which removes therefrom a portion of the colored bodies and appreciable quantities of the metallic constituents of the salts. Following this treatment, the syrups are subjected to a carbon treatment which removes the major portion of the colored bodies and odoriferous materials. The syrups are then treated with a weak base anion exchange resin in the free base form, a strong acid cation exchange resin in the hydrogen form, and with a strong base anion exchange resin in the hydroxyl form.