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US 4,076,552 AGranted
Process for decolorizing sugar solutions with peroxide
AssigneeU&I Corporation
InventorsSouly Atalla Farag, Lloyd Wendell Norman
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Abstract
A process for treating a raw sugar-containing juice which includes liming, adding hydrogen peroxide, carbonating, filtering the juice to remove the thusly produced calcium carbonate and contacting the filtered juice with SO.sub.2. The treatment results in a decolorized juice which is rendered thermally stable relative to further color formation; the viscosity and the bacterial content of the juice are reduced.
Claims7
A process for recovering sugar from a raw sugar-containing juice extracted from sugar-containing plant material, comprising adding lime, slaked lime, milk of lime, or saccharate milk to the juice;
- adding from about 0.01 to 0.4 percent by weight of peroxide selected from the group consisting of alkali metal peroxides and hydrogen peroxide to the juice;
- contacting the juice with sufficient carbon dioxide so that the pH of the juice is about 10.4 or greater, said addition of peroxide being made either prior to or simultaneously with the contacting of the juice with carbon dioxide;
- filtering the juice to remove precipitated calcium carbonate, together with colored matter, and color precursors, therefrom;
- treating the filtered juice with SO.sub.2 ;
- concentrating the so treated juice by evaporation;
- and crystallizing sugar solids from the concentrated juice, whereby the sugar-containing juice is decolorized and rendered thermally stable relative to further color formation, and the viscosity and the bacterial content of the juice are reduced.
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