Process for producing glucose/fructose syrups from unrefined starch hydrolysates
AssigneeNabisco Brands, Inc.
InventorsLouis S. Hurst, Norman E. Lloyd
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Abstract
A glucose/fructose syrup is produced by enzymatically isomerizing an unrefined starch hydrolysate. The hydrolysate is prepared under controlled liquefaction and saccharification conditions to provide an isomerization substrate wherein the concentrations of calcium ions and non-enzymatically generated ketose sugars are maintained at low levels.
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A process for producing a glucose/fructose syrup comprising liquefying starch at a pH of less than about 6.0 and enzymatically saccharifying the liquefied starch under controlled conditions to provide an unrefined glucose-containing hydrolysate having present not more than about 100 ppm of calcium ions based on dry substance starch and wherein the mole ratio of non-enzymatically generated ketose sugars is less than about 2 (moles per 100 moles of hexose units), treating the hydrolysate to remove non-starch material therefrom, and contacting the unrefined hydrolysate with immobilized glucose isomerase to convert at least a portion of the glucose to fructose.
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