OxyFile #480

Sugar Refining with Ozone. Advances and Perspectives

L. A. Fernández, R. Pérez-Rey, M. Bataller, R. Ramos, J. Lodos(1),
S. Baez(2).

Ozone Research Center, Cuba. 
1 - Ministry of Sugar Industry, Cuba. 
2 - Academy of Sciences of Cuba.

Reaction between ozone and colorants present in raw sugar leads to 
color elimination, without affecting sucrose or reducing sugars. 
In that sense, the use of ozone as decolorizing agent has great 
opportunities  in the field of sugar refining. The refined sugar 
obtained by this method has a quality which fulfill the 
international requirements established. In preliminary economic  
evaluation, ozone can substitute advantageously other methods 
traditionally employed.


Source: 2nd International Symposium on Ozone Applications
        Havana, Cuba - Mach 24-26, 1997.