Process for recovering sugar from natural products containing it

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THE PROCESS OF RECOVERING SUGAR FROM SUBSTANTIALLY DRY SUGAR-CONTAINING SUBSTANCES CONTAMINATED WITH HIGH MOLECULAR CONTAMINANTS WHICH COMPRISES THE STEP OF EXTRACTING THE SUGAR-CONTAINING SUBSTANCE WITH LIQUID AMMONIA, ADMIXING AN ORGANIC SOLVENT WITH RESULTING LIQUID EXTRACT IN PROPORTIONS PRECIPITATING HIGH MOLECULR CONTAMINANTS, SEPARATING HIGH MOLECULAR CONTAMINANTS, ADJUSTING THE PRECIPITANT-FREE AMMONIA-SOLVENT ADMIXTURE BY INCREASING THE RATIO OF SOLVENT OF AMMONIA TO PRODUCE A SOLUTION OF AMMONIA IN SOLVENT, AND RECOVERING RESULTING PRECIPITATED SUGAR, SAID ADMIXED SOLVENT AND SOLVENT PRESENT IN THE AMMONIA-SOLVENT SOLUTION CONTAINING AT MOST FIVE CARBON ATOMS AND BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOLS, DIHYDRIC ALCOHOLS, KETONES, FORMAMIDE, METHYL FORMAMIDE, DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE, MIXTURES OF SAID SOLVENT, AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SOLVENTS IN ADMIXTURE WITH AN AROMATIC HYDROCARBON.