Patent ID: 8497367

Claim:
A process for the extraction of sucralose or a sucralose-6-acylate from an aqueous solution containing at least said sucralose or said sucralose-6-acylate, other chlorinated saccharides, dimethylammonium chloride, and a further chloride selected from the group consisting of alkali metal chlorides, ammonium chloride and alkaline earth metal chlorides, into an organic solvent for said sucralose or said sucralose-6-acylate by contacting said organic solvent with said solution to extract said sucralose or said sucralose-6-acylate into the organic solvent, in which the ratio of said further chloride to dimethylammonium chloride in said aqueous solution is increased prior to or during said contact so as to increase the partition coefficient of said sucralose or said sucralose-6-acylate into said organic solvent; wherein dimethylammonium chloride is removed from the aqueous solution prior to said extraction to increase the ratio of said further chloride to dimethylammonium chloride.