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US 2003/0125588 A1Published application
Process for the production of xylitol
AssigneeDanisco Sweeteners Oy
InventorsHeikki Heikkila, Heikki Ojamo, Andrei Miasnikov, Vili Ravanko, Matti Tylli
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for the production of xylitol. The process utilises ribulose for the preparation of xylitol and involves several different conversion reactions, such as reduction, epimerisation and/or isomerisation. The present invention also relates to the use of ribulose for the preparation of xylitol.
Claims19
Process for the preparation of xylitol from ribulose, comprising the steps of reduction and at least one of epimerisation and isomerisation.
Use of ribulose for the preparation of xylitol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.