Process for separating maltose from mixtures of maltose with glucose or other saccharides

摘要

Maltose is selectively separated from mixtures of maltose with glucose or DP3 or DP4+ polysaccharides by contacting the mixture with an adsorbent comprising a low aluminium Y-type zeolite having up to 15 atoms of aluminium per unit cell, under maltose adsorption conditions, and thereafter contacting the maltose-containing adsorbent with a desorbent comprising water under desorbent conditions selected to recover high purity maltose.