Process and a dissolving pulp manufactured by the process

A process for manufacturing dissolving pulp comprising the steps of:

• a) selecting a wood based raw material, said wood based raw material having a xylan content of from 12 weight % or more;
• b) adding a cooking liquor comprising white and/or black liquor to the wood based raw material;
• c) digesting the wood based raw material composition obtained from step b) in a kraft cooking process;
• d) oxygen delignifying the pulp obtained from step c);
• e) adding industrial white liquor comprising Na2CO3, NaHS and NaOH to the pulp obtained from step d) wherein said pulp has a xylan content of 8 weight % or more and wherein the temperature is lowered and kept from 50° C. to 65° C. from 5 minutes to 15 minutes and wherein the alkali concentration in the liquid phase of the obtained pulp suspension is in the range of 70 g/l to 100 g/l;
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• f) removing a major part of the alkali and dissolved xylan as a liquor flow from the pulp obtained from step e) by directly dewatering the pulp without dilution, wherein the removed liquor flow has the same xylan and alkali content as the liquid phase in step e);
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• g) after step f) subjecting the dewatered pulp to washing and pressing in a washing press device 1-5 times.