Abstract: An integrated process is disclosed which produces both crystalline fructose and a liquid-phase sweetener such as High Fructose Corn Syrup from a feed stream comprising dextrose. A portion of the dextrose in the feed stream is isomerized to fructose and the resulting dextrose/fructose stream is fractionated to produce a high fructose stream. A portion of the fructose in the high fructose stream is crystallized out and the mother liquor remaining after crystallization is blended with dextrose-containing streams to produce the liquid-phase sweetener.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 20, 1991
Date of Patent:
August 10, 1993
Assignee:
A.E. Saley Manufacturing Co.
Inventors:
Donald W. Lillard, Jr., Robert V. Schanefelt, Daniel K. Tang, Gary A. Day, Francis M. Mallee, Lawrence R. Schwab, Larry W. Peckous