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and Innovation
Dow is the largest manufacturer of ion exchange resins
worldwide. Our comprehensive product line, technical expertise,
and global reach allow for optimized performance of even the
most complex manufacturing processes. With continuous
investment in product innovation and manufacturing excellence,
we have global expertise in serving the food processing industry.
AMBERLITE Resins
Industry-leading performance
in starch-based sweeteners
including low dextrose
equivalent syrups, glucose,
fructose, and high fructose
corn syrups.
Sweeteners pg 4-9
Corn and Starch
Deashing and Polishing
Chromatography
Decolorization
Enzymatic Immobilization
Beet Sugar
Softening
Chromatography
Cane Sugar
Decolorization
Beverages pg 10-11
Citrus Debittering
Global Presence The Ion Locations Juice Deacidification
Exchange Company Midland, Michigan USA Juice Decolorization
Protein Haze Stabilization
Edina, Minnesota USA
Dow is the global market leader Collegeville, Pennsylvania USA
in ion exchange resins. With Tarragona, Spain
a large global manufacturing Shanghai, China
footprint, strong R&D expertise Huzhou, China
and technical support services and Stade, Germany
systems, we supply market-leading Fombio, Italy
Soma, Japan Food Additives & Nutritionals pg 12-13
volumes with high quality. Dow L-Lysine
Chauny, France
partners with you, our customer, Citric and Lactic Acid
Rheinmuenster, Germany
to understand unmet needs and Plant Extracts and Polyphenols
develop tailored solutions. We are Whey Deashing
Gelatin Deashing
committed to serving the food
processing industry.
Sweeteners
Corn & Starch Processing
The Value of Uninterrupted Production
With Dow as your partner, you realize reliable production and benefit from
our expertise.
You see Dow value in consistent plant uptime and the lowest operating costs in the
industry. From performance resins to premium resins featuring MONOSPHERE
Uniform Particle Size Technology, Dow products and solutions have served plants
worldwide reliably for decades.
Dow value also comes in our expertise. Our deep history in the industry helps
us understand your needs. We help you balance resin selection, system design and
plant operations to achieve optimal results. Altogether, Dow helps you operate
your plants with the highest return for your resin investment.
Ca+2 A-amylase Glucoamylase
Glucose
Isomerase Mg+2
Chromatographic
HFCS Enrichment
Polishing
Deashing and Mixed Bed Polishing DOWEX MONOSPHERE Resins Help Reduce OPEX and
DOWEX Resins: An Excellent Choice for Corn and Starch Increase Plant Capacity
Sweetener Deashing and Polishing
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 88 SAC and DOWEX MONOSPHERE 77
DOWEX Resins lead the corn and starch sweetener industry WBA Uniform Particle Size Resins offering one of the most
in deashing and mixed bed polishing, removing unwanted uniform-size beads in the industry are premium products
ions and other contaminants from the syrup stream. Dow designed to deliver high ion exchange efficiencies and physical
offers a full line of cation and anion deashing products ranging strength. Resin uniformity facilitates high throughput,
from standard to premium offerings. economical regeneration, long life, and low operating costs.
DOWEX 88 Strong Acid Cation (SAC) Resin and DOWEX 66 DOWEX MONOSPHERE Resins have gained worldwide
Weak Base Anion (WBA) Resin are an industry standard for acceptance as they help to achieve:
deashing dextrose and fructose. DOWEX MONOSPHERE 88 SAC Increased plant syrup capacity
Resin and DOWEX MONOSPHERE 77 WBA Resin are premium Less frequent regeneration, reducing
products offering the ultimate in process performance. chemical costs up to 25%
Reduced sweetwater generation,
reducing evaporation costs
Reduced rinse requirements
Reduced waste generation
Packed bed and up-flow operations
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 88 SAC
pH swings seen when separate columns are used. This minimizes Calcium (Ca++) H+Cl
Soluble Protein Acid H+SO4H+
impurities from degradation reactions that reduce syrup shelf life. Organic Acids H+NO3
Color
Organic
To provide a good balance between cationic and anionic sites, a Acids
typical mixed bed polisher consists of 60% (by volume) DOWEX 22 Color
SBA resin and 40% DOWEX 88 MB SAC resin. The DOWEX 22 SBA
is paired to pick up both the acids produced by the cation, and
weak acids in the product stream. DOWEX 88 MB SAC is specially
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 77
designed to distinctly separate from the anion resin during the Weak Base Anion Resin
regeneration procedure. (removes acids and color)
Deacidified Syrup
This resin pairing provides an easy-to-regenerate process and a
clean finished product stream.
Diagram 2: Syrup Deashing
operating costs, and help improve plant capacity. Premium resins extend syrup run times by 25%, reducing downtime and the chemicals spent
on regeneration. Since more of the column time is spent producing purified syrup, plant productivity is increased. A simple change to premium
DOWEX MONOSPHERE Resins can postpone or eliminate the need for capital expansion.
Syrup Run Time Strong Acid Cation (SAC) Resins Weak Base Anion (WBA) Resins
Base Performance DOWEX 88
DOWEX 66
Enhanced 10% Increase DOWEX MONOSPHERE 88
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 66
Premium 25% Increase DOWEX MONOSPHERE 88 DOWEX MONOSPHERE 77
Sweeteners
Corn & Starch Processing
Chromatography
Dow Helps Make Corn and Starch
Sweetener Separations Better
Fructose
Blue Dextran
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 99 resins help
GRAMS /LITER
Decolorization
Dow Adsorbent Resins Facilitate Syrup Quality by Removing Impurities
DOWEX OPTIPORE SD-2 Adsorbent Resins help deliver decolorization and extend
product shelf life by removing hydrophobic molecules and impurities.
DOWEX OPTIPORE SD-2 adsorbent resin is used alone or in combination with activated
carbon. The adsorbent can help correct for color spikes in the syrup stream, such as
those caused by a process upset or shutdown.
Sweetener Decolorization
Enzymatic Immobilization
DOW AMBERLITE Resins Offer Simpler Operation, Excellent Downstream
Processing
Sweeteners
Beet Sugar Softening and Chromatography
Increase White Sugar Production
with Dow Ion Exchange Softening
and Chromatography Resins
Sugar beets are an important source of sucrose (saccharose).
Diagram 3 illustrates the key steps involved in refining beets
to recover sugar. Critical unit operations using ion exchange
resins include decalcification and chromatography.
The sugar syrup stream contains salts and color. These contami-
nants are molassogenic, which cause valuable sugar to remain in
the remaining liquor (molasses) after crystallization. To extract
more of the high value sugar, the molasses is fed to desugarization
chromatographic beds. DOWEX MONOSPHERE 99 K Resins, form. If calcium is not removed, the chromatography resin
in potassium form, help separate sugar from salts and color. would convert to calcium form, which would significantly
A purified sugar stream is recovered and recycled back to reduce separation performance. Decalcification of the process
crystallization facilitating an increased overall sugar yield. stream with DOWEX MARATHON C-10 Strong Acid Cation
In some plants, valuable betaine is also recovered by chroma- (SAC) Resin helps reduce evaporation scaling, which helps
tography. The salts and color are routed to other byproducts, increase efficiency and helps reduce downtime.
such as animal feed products.
Processors rely on Dow ion exchange technologies for critical
Decalcification upstream of the chromatography step helps decalcification (softening) processes and chromatographic
DOWEX MONOSPHERE 99 K Resins remain in the potassium recovery of sugar and betaine from beet molasses.
Water Evaporation
Thick
Juice
Chromatographic 3rd Crystallization 2nd Crystallization 1st Crystallization
Feed Sugar Recovery
Betaine
Diagram 3: Beet Sugar Processing Raw Sugar Intermed Sugar White Sugar
Sweeteners
Cane Sugar Decolorization
Dow Ion Exchange Resins Help
Maximize Cane Sugar Decolorization
DOW AMBERLITE and DOWEX MARATHON Ion Exchange
Resins have proven to be an excellent choice for cane sugar
decolorization.
Heavy Syrup
Raw
Sugar
Affination Carbonatation Decolorization Polishing Crystallization White Sugar
Molasses
Beverages
Citrus Debittering
Citrus juices have natural bitter components, such as limonin
and naringin. Removal of these bitter molecules is important
for taste and shelf life stability. As shown in Diagram 5,
citrus processors use AMBERLITE FPX66 Adsorbent Resin to
help debitter juice by removing these components through
hydrophobic interaction. Ultrafiltration diverts the citrus pulp
around the resin. Regeneration with hot dilute caustic removes
the limonin and prepares the resin for reuse.
Citrus Juice
Core Wash
Peel Wash
Citrus Oils
Pulp Debittered
NFC Juice
De-Oiling UF Resin
Juice Deacidification
By-pass for appropriate acidity
Fruit juices, especially citrus juices, are naturally acidic, and
Juice
excessive acidity can present taste and tolerance issues for
consumers. Using ion exchange resins from Dow, processors Evaporator
deacidify fruit juices while still maintaining Federal Standards of (optional)
Identity. The most common approach for citrus juice deacidification
Deacidified
is shown in Diagram 6. Pulp is separated from the juice using Concentrate
either a centrifuge or ultrafiltration. The juice then contacts a WBA
Juice Decolorization
Color removal in fruit juice is usually part of a longer process to make a neutral
base for converting the juice to a designed beverage, or to create juice for canning
or blending as a supplemental natural sugar source.
Browning and color stability are the primary concerns when decolorizing a primary
juice. Oxidized amino acids, polyphenols, and color precursors in the juice contribute
to color formation. But these compounds can be successfully removed without
significantly altering other juice properties using AMBERLITE FPX66 or AMBERLITE
FPX68 Polymeric Adsorbents. This process facilitates a clean and economical alternative
than using powdered activated carbon.
AMBERLITE FPX62 Adsorbent Resin helps remove haze-forming proteins from fruit/
vegetable juices and syrups, beers and wines. AMBERLITE FPX62 also helps beer to
retain desirable head-forming proteins without the handling, yield and waste issues
encountered when using bentonite clay for this same purpose.
Beverages
L-Lysine
L-Lysine is an essential amino acid and is commercially
important as a nutritional supplement to animal feeds. It is
produced via fermentation and recovered using a strong acid
cation resin. Dow offers a wide range of strongly acidic cation
exchange resins specifically designed for the recovery and
purification of L-lysine. Resin selection will depend on local
operating conditions.
Ion Exchange
Citric/Lactic Acid Crystallization Evaporation Purification
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Sweetener Processing Product Suite/Applications
Whey Deashing
Milk is one of the most important forms of nutrition globally. It is a complex
mixture of fats, proteins (caseins), minerals, enzymes, and carbohydrates (lactose).
These components can be separated through the use of membrane processes to
form cheeses, cultured milk products, and whey proteins.
Dow resins help milk processors produce high-quality demineralized whey. The
highest levels of whey demineralization are achieved with a two-bed ion exchange
system, using strong acid cation and weak base anion exchange resins.
Gelatin Deashing
Gelatin, made by hydrolyzing collagen and used in a variety of food and
pharmaceutical products, has strict quality requirements. The resulting solution
contains a high molecular weight protein and a considerable amount of mineral
content (ash). Dow ion exchange resins help remove this mineral content and ensure
that the gelatin meets customer specifications and application requirements.
Dow Expertise
A Key Ingredient in Food and Beverage Processing
Working with Dow should be as convenient for our food and beverage processing customers as possible. Thats why, whenever
you choose AMBERLITE FP and DOWEX Resins, you also receive expert support of Dow ion exchange professionals from our
technical service and development teams.
Regulatory Compliance
The resins here may be subject to food contact application restrictions in some countries. For country-specific
food contact compliance statements, regulatory datasheets and information on dietary rules, please contact Dows
customer information group.
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