Methods of microbiological control in beet sugar and other sugar-containing plant material processing
AssigneeBuckman Laboratories International, Inc.
InventorsEddie Van Haute, Jean Michel Chauwin, Marco Ulisse Mascia
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Abstract
Methods are described for producing sugar from sugar-containing plant material with microbiological control, which includes treating a sugar-containing plant raw material and/or a component derived therefrom, and/or a medium containing the plant raw material and/or the component, with monochloramine. Monochloramine usage in the method can reduce loss of sugar from bacterial consumptions in the processing of sugar-containing plant materials, such as sugar beets, without causing adverse effects on the sugar product, such as the brightness of white sugar.
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A method for producing sugar from sugar-containing plant material with microbiological control, comprising treating of a sugar-containing plant raw material or a medium containing the sugar-containing plant raw material, with monochloramine, wherein the sugar-containing plant raw material is a sugar-containing vegetable material, a sugar-containing fruit material, a sugar-containing tree sap/juice, or other sugar-containing plant material, separately or in any combination thereof, wherein the monochloramine is dosed in a system in which the method is performed at a dosage of from about 1 g to about 1000 g monochloramine per ton of sugar-containing plant raw material, wherein the treating comprises adding the monochloramine to the sugar-containing plant raw material or the medium at the dosage, and wherein the microbiological control reduces bacteria count of bacteria that consume sugar.
A method for processing beet sugar in sugar production with microbiological control, comprising treating beet sugar raw material or a medium containing the beet sugar raw material with monochloramine, wherein the monochloramine is dosed in a system in which the method is performed at a dosage of from about 1 g to about 1000 g monochloramine per dry ton of beet sugar raw material, wherein the treating comprises adding the monochloramine to the beet sugar raw material or the medium at the dosage, and wherein the microbiological control reduces bacteria count of bacteria that consume sugar.
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