Patent ID: 9551043
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: C13B

Claim:
1. A method for producing sugar from sugar-containing plant material with microbiological control, comprising treating of a sugar-containing plant raw material or a medium containing the sugar-containing plant raw material, with monochloramine, wherein the sugar-containing plant raw material is a sugar-containing vegetable material, a sugar-containing fruit material, a sugar-containing tree sap/juice, or other sugar-containing plant material, separately or in any combination thereof, wherein the monochloramine is dosed in a system in which the method is performed at a dosage of from about 1 g to about 1000 g monochloramine per ton of sugar-containing plant raw material, wherein the treating comprises adding the monochloramine to the sugar-containing plant raw material or the medium at the dosage, and wherein the microbiological control reduces bacteria count of bacteria that consume sugar.