PROCESS FOR PRODUCING HIGH-PURITY OLIGOGLUCOSYLFRUCTOSIDES

摘要

Oligoglucosylfructosides wherein an oligoglucosylfructoside having a polymerization degree of 2 or 3 glucose units are recovered in a high purity from a feed solution additionally containing substantial amounts of higher- and lower-oligosaccharides by sequentially admitting predetermined volumes of the feed solution and water to the column of a strongly-acidic cation exchange resin in alkaline-earth metal form; sequentially separating the effluents from the column into the first fraction rich in the higher oligosaccharide, the second fraction rich in the higher oligosaccharide but highly contaiminated with the oligoglucosylfructoside, the first fraction rich in the oligoglucosylfructoside, the fourth fraction rich in the oligoglucosylfructoside but highly contaminated with the lower oligosaccharide, and the fifth fraction rich in the lower oligosaccharide; and recovering the third fraction. The second- and fourth fractions can be admitted to the column so as to decrease the amount of elution water and also to recover the high-oligoglucosylfructoside fraction in a much higher concentration and recovery yield.