Claims
- 1. A process for claiming a sugar cane juice that contains suspended particulate matter, comprising the steps of:
- (a) reacting the juice with phytase under reaction conditions sufficient to cause a significant amount of the phytic acid or phytate that is inherently present in the sugar cane juice to be converted to inositol monophosphate and inorganic phosphate, whereby the concentration of inorganic phosphate in the juice is substantially increased; and
- (b) subsequently reacting the juice with calcium hydroxide and a flocculent under reaction conditions sufficient to cause substantially all of the suspended particular matter to settle from the juice; whereby a clarified juice is produced.
- 2. A process as recited in claim 1, additionally comprising the step of reacting the juice with acid phosphatase under reaction conditions sufficient to cause a significant amount of the inositol monophosphate to be converted to inositol and inorganic phosphate, whereby the concentration of inorganic phosphate in the juice is substantially increased.
- 3. A process as recited in claim 2, additionally comprising the step of recovering inositol from the juice.
Parent Case Info
The benefit of the Jan. 29, 1998 filing date of provisional application No. 60/228,807 (which was a conversion of nonprovisional application 09/015,799) is claimed under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e).
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0 321 004 |
Jun 1989 |
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