The Dow Chemical Company

Robert L LaBrie

Upen J Bharwada

H Robert Goltz

Richard T Stringfield

Seth I Norman

Improved method for demineralizing a sugar-containing solution using an ion exchange resin in bead form wherein the volume average bead diameter is from 400 to 700 .mu.m and the bead diameter distribution is such that at least 80 volume percent of the beads have diameters which fall within a range of .+-.15 percent of the volume average diameter of the resin used.

Process for demineralizing a sugar-containing solution

A process for decolorizing an aqueous sugar solution by contacting the solution with an absorbent resin, wherein the adsorbent resin is a macroporous copolymer being post-crosslinked in a swollen state in the presence of a Friedel-Crafts catalyst and functionalized with hydrophilic groups prior to contact with the aqueous sugar solution.

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Robert L LaBrie