A novel method for making palatinitol, comprising a first step of epimerising isomaltose under conditions enabling a mixture of alpha -D-glucopyranosyl-(1}6)-D-mannose and isomaltose to be achieved, a second step of depleting the isomaltose in the epimerised mixture to give a roughly equimolecular proportion of alpha -D-glucopyranosyl-(1}6)-D-mannose and isomaltose, and a third step of catalytically hydrogenating the roughly equimolecular mixture.
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