Process for treating citrus pulp
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1. THE METHOD OF TREATING DRIED CITRUS PULP TO EXTRACT GLUCOSIDES THEREFROM AND TO FORM AN AMMONIATED PULP PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES REACTING THE DRIED PULP WITH AN EXCESS OF LIQUID AMMONIA AT LOW TEMPERATURES TO EFFECT REACTION OF THE LIQUID AMMONIA WITH THE PULP AND TO EXTRACT FROM THE PULP GLUCOSIDES AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THE SUGAR OF THE PULP, SEPARATING THE LIQUID AMMONIA EXTRACT CONTAINING THE GLUCOSIDES AND PART OF THE SUGARS FROM THE AMMONIATED PULP, HEATING THE AMMONIATED PULP TO FREE IT FROM EXCESS AMMONIA, AND TREATING THE RESULTING AMMONIATED PULP PRODUCT WITH AN ACID TO FREE IT FROM ITS AMMONIA ODOR.
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1. THE METHOD OF TREATING DRIED CITRUS PULP TO EXTRACT GLUCOSIDES THEREFROM AND TO FORM AN AMMONIATED PULP PRODUCT WHICH COMPRISES REACTING THE DRIED PULP WITH AN EXCESS OF LIQUID AMMONIA AT LOW TEMPERATURES TO EFFECT REACTION OF THE LIQUID AMMONIA WITH THE PULP AND TO EXTRACT FROM THE PULP GLUCOSIDES AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THE SUGAR OF THE PULP, SEPARATING THE LIQUID AMMONIA EXTRACT CONTAINING THE GLUCOSIDES AND PART OF THE SUGARS FROM THE AMMONIATED PULP, HEATING THE AMMONIATED PULP TO FREE IT FROM EXCESS AMMONIA, AND TREATING THE RESULTING AMMONIATED PULP PRODUCT WITH AN ACID TO FREE IT FROM ITS AMMONIA ODOR.
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