Florasynth, Inc.

Alexander Fleisher

Yan Gorenshteyn

Ilya Nakhimovich

Guy J Gloor

Olga Vselyubskaya

Richard J Coleman

Ian Gorenstein

Olga Vselyubsvaya

Disclosed is a method for recovering maltol and water from naturally occurring plant material containing maltol and water. The maltol is extracted by utilizing a water-immiscible extractant while simultaneously stripping water from the plant material.

Extracting maltol and water from naturally occurring plant material

The yield and recovery of desirable aromatic principles such as maltol, from source material and especially from plant material, are improved by irradiating the source material with gamma radiation and then extracting from the irradiated material a product comprising the desired principle.

Radiation-enhanced recovery of maltol

Disclosed is a process for recovering maltol from water-insoluble source material containing maltol, comprising extracting the maltol with a hot aqueous solution containing a solute which increases the immiscibility between said source material and said solution.

Recovery of maltol through aqueous extraction

Pure maltol is recovered from maltol containing mixture by co-distillation with an aliphatic or cylcloaliphatic hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture in which the maltol is substantially insoluble.

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Wayne, NJ, United States of America

Alexander Fleisher