A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF A BROWN FOOD-GRADE SUGAR PRODUCT FROM A SUGAR BEET SOLUTION

摘要

The invention relates to a process for the recovery of a brown food-grade sugar product from sugar beet solutions, which can be obtained from various beet sugar process streams, such as thin juice, thick ju ice and molasses. The process com prises providing a sugar beet solution, which contains malodorous volatiles as a result of one or more purif ication processes; subjecting said sugar beet solution to electrodialysis to provide an electrodialyzed liquid, wherefrom malodorous volatiles are at least partly removed; and recovering from said electrodialyzed liquid a product selected from liquid and solid brown sugar products of food-grade and combinations thereof. The invention also relates to food-grade beet sugar products derived from a sugar beet solution. These products are suitable for substituting the corresponding cane sugar derived products. In a further aspect the invention relates to the use of electrodialysis for removing malodorous volatile components from a sugar beet solution.