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A Novel Technique for the Decolorization of Sugarcane Juice
Author(s) -
Okuno M.,
Tamaki H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2002.tb11390.x
Subject(s) - cane , sugar , polyphenol , refining (metallurgy) , sugar cane , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , food science , reducing sugar , chromatography , biology , agronomy , biochemistry , engineering , antioxidant
A novel technique for the decolorization of sugarcane juice has been developed. In this method, the coloration caused by polyphenols during the refining of cane sugar was removed by treatment with octadecylsilyl‐silicagel. The efficiency of color removal was nearly 90%.