Abstract

High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and the closely-related technique of ion chromatography (IC) are widely applied in the sweetener industry for the determination of carbohydrates such as glucose, fructose, and sucrose. However, in addition to analyses for these principal components, liquid chromatographic (LC) techniques can be very useful for a variety of other applications including process troubleshooting and emission testing. One area of particular interest is the determination of fermentation products, which may be used to diagnose specific factory problems. For example, the presence of butyrate in diffusion juice has been used as an indicator of the carryover with beets of beet wash water components. This report discusses several other specific examples of the use of LC to detect the products of microbiological activity in factory streams and by-products.

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