Process for separating glucose from fructose by selective adsorption

摘要

A process for separating a glucose from a feed mixture comprising glucose and fructose which process comprises contacting the mixture with an adsorbent comprising an X zeolite containing potassium cations at the exchangeable cationic sites thereby selectively adsorbing glucose from the feed mixture and thereafter recovering the glucose. Preferably the glucose will be recovered by desorption from the adsorbent with a desorbent material.