Patent ID: 8865948

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a sorbitol syrup having a total reducing sugar content of less than or equal to 0.2% and a mannitol content of less than 1%, with 70 wt % of dry matter from sucrose, wherein said method comprises the steps of: a) hydrolyzing a solution of sucrose to a solution of invert sugar, b) separating the solution of invert sugar by simulated moving bed chromatography into a dextrose syrup having at least 99.3% dextrose content, a fructose syrup having at least 90% fructose content, and c) hydrogenating said dextrose syrup into a sorbitol syrup having a total reducing sugar content of less than or equal to 0.2% and a mannitol content of less than 1%, with 70 wt % of dry matter.