468results about "Sugar products" patented technology

The present invention provides a method for converting lignocellulosic material into biofuel. In particular embodiments, the method comprises pre-treating lignocellulosic material by dissolving the material in ionic liquids. The pretreated lignocellulosic material can be isolated, such as by precipitation with a regenerating solvent (e.g., water), and be used directly in the formation of biofuel, including undergoing hydrolysis to form sugar and fermentation to form fuel, such as bioethanol. The ionic liquid can be recycled for further use, such as by evaporation of the water introduced during precipitation, and the recycling provides a route to a hemicellulose rich fraction and an ionic liquid of consistent quality and wood dissolution characteristics. The recovered hemicelluloses are of significant utilization potential toward commodity and specialty applications.

Methods are provided for cancer and pre-cancer detection by increased uptake of fluorophore glucose or deoxyglucose conjugates in cancerous and pre-cancerous cells relative to normal cells.

The present invention relates to starch compositions which contain starch and additives. The starch has a weight average molecular weight ranging from about 1,000 to about 2,000,000. The additives can be plasticizers or diluents. The composition containing the starch and the additive is formed by means of passing the composition through a die to produce fibers, foams or films. These compositions have an extensional viscosity in the range from about 50 to about 20,000 pascal seconds. The starch compositions preferably contain a polymer that is substantially compatible with starch and has a weight-average molecular weight of at least 500,000.

Wheat starch of the present invention is obtained from endosperm of a seed of wheat which is modified to lack starch granule protein-1 (SGP-1). The wheat starch has an apparent amylose content of about 35% or more. Wheat flour of the present invention is obtained from endosperm of a seed of wheat which is modified to lack SGP-1. Wheat of the present invention is modified to lack SGP-1. The wheat flour and the wheat comprise wheat starch which has an apparent amylose content of about 35% or more.

A process for preparing crystalline sugar by providing a solution of a solvent and sugar, exposing the solution to a magentic field having a strength which is sufficient to impart improvements in the processing of the sugar or the properties of the resulting crystalline sugar product, and providing conditions suitable for crystallization to obtain a substantially crystalline sugar product. The magnetic field strength is sufficient to influence at least one of morphology, size, nucleation rate or, crystallinity of the crystalline sugar product.

The present invention relates to a clean process of preparing high grade biomass products, and their use in the production of health care products, bio-energy products, biochemicals, bio-originated chemicals and biodegradable plastics.

A process for the preparation of white and brown sugar from raw diffuser beet juice. The juice is purified by membrane filtration at 70-95° C. on a filter having a molecular weight cut-off between 2,000 and 500,000 Dalton and evaporated to a dry matter content of between 60 and 80% by weight under vacuum to a thick juice. A conventional multi-step evaporative crystallisation of the thick juice gives crops of white and brown sugar crystals. The brown sugar obtained have valuable organoleptic properties.

The process for preparing the novel inulin products includes extracting inulin with water from subdivided plant materials, holding the inulin rich extraction water in a settling tank while maintaining the temperature from about 0° C. to 7° C. which causes higher molecular weight polysaccharides to separate from water soluble lower molecular weight polysaccharides, and separating the higher molecular weight inulin fructose fractions from the more water soluble lower molecular weight inulin fractions.

The invention relates to a method for producing raw juice brown sugar and belongs to the technical field of food processing. The invention aims at solving the technical problem of providing a method for producing raw juice brown sugar with higher quality. The method for producing the raw juice brown sugar comprises the following steps: a, juicing sugarcane, and sieving, so as to obtain raw juice after sieving and screening residue; b, heating the raw juice after sieving, eliminating formed floating condensation products, so as to obtain clear juice, and filtering, so as to obtain filtrate I; c, standing the filtrate I for 2-3 hours, and removing fine silt impurities at the bottom layer, so as to obtain sugar juice clear liquid; d, evaporating and concentrating the sugar juice clear liquid obtained in the step c into syrup with the brix of 85-90 degree Bx, then carrying out sugar boiling to obtain massecuite, sanding, and moulding, so as to obtain lump sugar; or evaporating and concentrating the sugar juice clear liquid obtained in the step c into clear syrup with the brix of 55-60 degree Bx, and then carrying out sugar boiling at normal pressure, so that liquid brown sugar with the concentration of 68-78 degree Bx is obtained.

A composition comprising nanocellulose is disclosed, wherein the nanocellulose contains very low or essentially no sulfur content. The nanocellulose may be in the form of cellulose nanocrystals, cellulose nanofibrils, or both. The nanocellulose is characterized by a crystallinity of at least 80%, an onset of thermal decomposition of 300° F. or higher, and a low light transmittance over the range 400-700 nm. Other variations provide a composition comprising lignin-coated hydrophobic nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose contains very low or essentially no sulfur content. Some variations provide a composition comprising nanocellulose, wherein the nanocellulose contains about 0.1 wt % equivalent sulfur content, or less, as SO₄ groups chemically or physically bound to the nanocellulose. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose contains essentially no hydrogen atoms (apart from hydrogen structurally contained in nanocellulose itself) bound to the nanocellulose. Various compositions, materials, and products may incorporate the nanocellulose compositions disclosed herein.

An originally ecological black sugar processing method comprises the following steps: after sugarcane is squeezed for extracting juice, carrying out rough filtration so as to obtain sugarcane juice; heating the sugarcane juice to 90-100 DEG C and keeping heat for 1-3 min so as to obtain heated sugarcane juice; conveying the heated sugarcane juice to a multistage ceramic membrane ultrafiltration device for ultrafiltration clarification so as to obtain clarified sugarcane juice; concentrating the clarified sugarcane juice into syrup; concentrating the syrup through a jacketed iron pot so as to obtain decocted massecuite; graining, cooling and forming so as to obtain originally ecological black sugar. The originally ecological black sugar prepared through the method provided by the invention is small in grain, brown-dark brown and natural in color, contains fewer impurities, has a natural caramel charcoal burning fragrance, is rich in flavor, and fine and smooth in mouthfeel, retains the nutritional ingredients of sugarcane to the greatest extent, and has a high nutritional value; the turbidity is less than 0.5 NTU after the black sugar is dissolved to 11.5 degrees Bx, so that the problem that precipitates occur after the black sugar is dissolved for a long time is solved.

A sugar mixture comprising: monosaccharides; oligosaccharides in a ratio ≧0.06 to total saccharides; disaccharides in a ratio to total saccharides ≧0.05; pentose in a ratio to total saccharides ≧0.05; at least one alpha-bonded di-glucose; and at least one beta-bonded di-glucose. Also disclosed are methods to make and/or use such mixtures.

A process to clarify raw sugar cane juice, which comprises adding a source of lime, adding an anionic inorganic colloid or polyacyrlamide, and carbonating.

A method including: (a) contacting lime with an extract including an S1 solvent carrying a contaminant load to form a lime treated extract; and (b) reducing the contaminant load by removing solids.

The invention discloses a method for producing sulfur-free honey-carrying brown sugar. Cane juice, syrup and raw sugar are used as raw materials. The method comprises the following steps of: preparing brown syrup of which the cane sugar content is 85 to 95 percent according to a certain proportion, evaporating and concentrating into sugar paste of which the Brix is 92 to 98oBx, discharging, stirring, cooling, stimulating sugaring, drying, sieving, cooling to room temperature, finally obtaining the honey-carrying brown sugar of which the cane sugar content is 85 to 95 percent, metering and packing. By using the method for preparing the brown sugar, processing aids containing potential food safety hazard are not added in the production process, so the cane sugar content is high, the brown sugar has obvious advantages of original ecological and health-care food, crystallization and sugaring can be quickly realized, and the operation is convenient; and the finished sugar keeps the favor of original cane, is rich in nutritional components, and meets the requirement for original ecological sugar.

To achieve efficient use of enzyme in obtaining a sugar solution through a reaction of the enzyme and biomass containing cellulose. In obtaining a sugar solution through a reaction of enzyme and biomass containing cellulose, the biomass and the enzyme are caused to react in a first reaction tank, whereby a sugar solution in which the enzyme is dispersed and a residue containing the unreached biomass adsorbing the enzyme are generated, these sugar solution and residue are next separated, a pH adjusting solution is supplied to the residue in a second reaction tank to prepare a dilute solution whose sugar concentration is lower than that of the sugar solution, and in this dilute solution, a sugar solution is generated through a reaction between the residue and the enzyme adsorbed to the residue.