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Fermentable sugar from the hydrolysis of carbohydrate polymer

  • US 4,421,856 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1981
  • Issued: 12/20/1983
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1981
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In the acid hydrolysis of carbohydrate polymer in which an aqueous slurry of carbohydrate polymer selected from the group consisting of starch and cellulose is hydrolyzed at elevated pressure and temperature in the presence of an acid catalyst to provide a hydrolysate comprising a sterile aqueous solution of fermentable sugar, the improvement which comprises carrying out hydrolysis in the presence of added aqueous water soluble non-fermentable carbohydrate.

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