Starch sugars are a group of starch derivatives, which find significant application as natural sweeteners in foodstuff and beverages or as components in other fields, for instance in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. In the bioprocess industry, they serve as a substrate to manufacture fermentation products.
On this page you can find out how starch sugars are produced and how Vogelbusch can contribute to setting up a starch sweetener plant.
Starch is a carbohydrate, which is extracted from agricultural raw materials such as corn, wheat, sorghum (milo), cassava (tapioca) in a wet milling plant. The extract, starch milk, is treated in several steps to split up the sugar components that the starch molecules are made of. Depending on the desired sugar profile and functionality, the conversion conditions are selected, followed by a series of carefully adjusted purification processes and finishing for liquid and dried varieties.
Our technology is based on the processing of starch milk. Vogelbusch has long experience with the conversion of starch by using dedicated enzymes (liquefaction and saccharification process). Downstream operations include product isolation, purification and concentration steps, which are based on the desired application.
We can also carry out customized cross integration of other technologies involved (dry milling, wet milling, by-product processing) with the facilities processing starch milk into sweeteners or other upgraded starch or fermentation products.
The different types of starch sugars vary considerably in their composition and in their dextrose equivalent (DE), which represents the respective degree of conversion of starch to dextrose.
Glucose (dextrose) syrups as an intermediate product for bioprocess applications and crystalline dextrose ...
Isomerized high DE glucose syrup used as a sweetener and flavouring agent ...
Corn syrup (glucose-maltose syrup), maltodextrin and glucose syrup solids are a group of less sweet sugar compounds ...
We license our starch sugar technologies and provide engineering services from initial process design through to the start-up of the plant:
Process steps involved in starch sugar production include:
Find some guidance for the development of a manufacturing plant, illustrating the steps to be taken from the initial product idea to the operational facility:
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