Process for enhancement of sweetness of sugars
Abstract
Abstract PROCESS FOR PARTIAL INTERCONVERSION OF GLUCOSE INTO FRUCTOSE WHICH IS SWEETER THAN THE GLUCOSE BY CONTACTING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF GLUCOSE WITH A MIXTURE OF OR A CONCOMITANT EXISTENCE OF A STRONGLY BASIC ANION EXCHANGE RESIN AND A MODERATELY BASIC ANION EXCHANGE RESIN, BOTH RESINS BEING IN THEIR HYDROXYL FORM, AT A MODERATE TEMPERATURE AND FOR A TIME SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH AN EQUILIBRIUM STATE BETWEEN THE GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE. BY VIRTUE OF THE CONCOMITANT USE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED RESINS, AN INCREASED CONVERSION VELOCITY OF GLUCOSE INTO FRUCTOSE IS OBTAINED WITHOUT INJURIOUS SIDE REACTION PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD BRING ABOUT CONTAMINATION, COLORATION AND OBJECTIONABLE FLAVOR OF THE FINAL PRODUCT.
Inventors
- 👤 Kanzo Okazaki
- 👤 Shigeharu Kohno
- 👤 Isao Yamatsu
- 👤 Kunishige Sugiyama
- 👤 Seigo Ueyama
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