The present application belongs to the technical field of
sugar alcohol preparation, and relates to a
system and a method for co-production of L-
arabinose and caramel colorant by using
xylose chromatography raffinate, which comprises a
raw material tank, a
nanofiltration membrane separator, a
chromatographic separation device, an
evaporation and concentration tank, a
crystallization tank, a
centrifugal separator and a dryer which are sequentially connected by pipelines, and a
browning reaction
assembly for mixing the
raffinate and the centrifugal
mother liquor and then performing
browning reaction treatment to prepare caramel colorant. The
chromatographic separation device is used for separating the
nanofiltration permeate flowing therethrough into extract and
raffinate, the
evaporation and concentration tank and the
crystallization tank are used for concentrating and crystallizing the extract flowing therethrough into
sugar paste, the
centrifugal separator is used for separating the
sugar paste flowing therethrough into moist sugar and centrifugal
mother liquor, and the dryer is used for
drying the moist sugar flowing therethrough into L-
arabinose crystals. The present application mixes the raffinate and the centrifugal
mother liquor to prepare caramel colorant
liquid product, thereby improving the
utilization rate of sugar resources and obtaining caramel colorant additional product.