Process for preparing granular crystalline sugar products

Abstract

Abstract GRANULAR CRYSTALLINE SUGAR PRODUCTS ARE PREPARED BY GRANULE ENLARGEMENT OF A PREFORMED OR RECYCLED STARTING MATERIAL COMPRISING MASSECUITE AGGREGATED MICROCRYSTALLINE SUGAR GRANULES. THE GRANULES OF THE STARTING MATERIAL ARE COMPOSED ESSENTIALLY OF COHERED SUGAR MICROCRYSTALS WITH INTERNAL CAPILLARY NETWORKS CAPABLE OF ABSORBING WATER, IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT, A SUGAR MASSECUITE IS APPLIED TO THE GRANULAR STARTING MATERIAL, THE MASSECUITE COMPRISING MICROCRYSTALLINE SUGAR SUSPENDED IN A SATURATED AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF CRYSTALLIZABLE SUGAR, THE MASSECUITE IS DISTRIBUTED ON AND COATS THE EXTERIORS OF THE INDIVIDUAL GRANULES. BY REMOVAL OF FREE WATER FROM THE COATED MASSESCUIT LAYERS, THE DEPOSITED MICROCRYSTALS ARE INTEGRATED AND ADDITIONAL SUGAR MICROCRYSTALS ARE DEPOSITED FROM THE SOLUTION PHASE OF THE COATED MASSECUITE TO FORM ENLARGED GRANULES OF SIMILAR STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES TO THE STARTING MATERIAL. THE PROCESS IS PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO THE PREPARATION OF FREE-FLOWING GRANULAR CRYSTALLINE SUGAR PRODUCTS CONTAINING A MINOR PROPORTION OF NON-CRYSTALLIZABLE SUGAR WHICH WOULD NORMALLY IMPART A STICKY CHARACTERISTIC TO THE PRODUCT, SUCH AS THE PREPARATION OF CRYSTALLINE DEXTROSE GRANULES FROM A TOTAL SUGAR STARCH HYDROLYZATE.

Inventors

• 👤 William C Black

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