Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) sugar can be obtained from purification and crystallization of the sugar syrups. Sweet potato contain 20 to 30 percent starch according to hydrolysis of starch into sugar makes it a potential alternative source of glucose for numerous applications. Liquid sugar was pro...

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Main Author: Tan, Felicia Li Hia
Format: Final Year Project Report / IMRAD
Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013
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description Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) sugar can be obtained from purification and crystallization of the sugar syrups. Sweet potato contain 20 to 30 percent starch according to hydrolysis of starch into sugar makes it a potential alternative source of glucose for numerous applications. Liquid sugar was produced from hydrolysis of freshly blended sweet potato tubers. Two basic steps of enzymatic hydrolysis were carried out, namely liquefaction and saccharification involving two enzymes Termamyl-120L and Dextrozyme. Commercial sweet potato flour (SPF) was used as a control to compare with the fresh sweet potato (FSP) starch for their starch and glucose recovery. Glucose produced from enzymatic hydrolysis was purified by PAC filtration using 5 g and 109 PAC and subsequently crystallized in refrigerator prior for drying in desiccators to obtain sweet potato sugar. Glucose concentration of fresh sweet potato sugar (FSPS) and sweet potato flour sugar (SPFS) obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis were 42.83 gIL and 202.48 gIL, respectively. Starch recovery from FSP and SPF were 38.94% and 46.55%. Recovery of glucose obtained from FSPS and SPFS when using 5 g PAC were 85.62% and 83.82%, respectively. Conversely, there were 79.38% and 79.33%, respectively obtained when using 109 PAC. Although the glucose recovery of FSPS is slightly higher, it is recommended to use SPFS because it is cheaper and the difference of glucose recovery is only 2%. Hence, this indicated that sugar production from sweet potato starch (commercial SPF) can be produced by the method of purification and crystallization developed from this study.
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spelling unimas-100722024-04-30T03:18:12Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/ Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar Tan, Felicia Li Hia S Agriculture (General) Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) sugar can be obtained from purification and crystallization of the sugar syrups. Sweet potato contain 20 to 30 percent starch according to hydrolysis of starch into sugar makes it a potential alternative source of glucose for numerous applications. Liquid sugar was produced from hydrolysis of freshly blended sweet potato tubers. Two basic steps of enzymatic hydrolysis were carried out, namely liquefaction and saccharification involving two enzymes Termamyl-120L and Dextrozyme. Commercial sweet potato flour (SPF) was used as a control to compare with the fresh sweet potato (FSP) starch for their starch and glucose recovery. Glucose produced from enzymatic hydrolysis was purified by PAC filtration using 5 g and 109 PAC and subsequently crystallized in refrigerator prior for drying in desiccators to obtain sweet potato sugar. Glucose concentration of fresh sweet potato sugar (FSPS) and sweet potato flour sugar (SPFS) obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis were 42.83 gIL and 202.48 gIL, respectively. Starch recovery from FSP and SPF were 38.94% and 46.55%. Recovery of glucose obtained from FSPS and SPFS when using 5 g PAC were 85.62% and 83.82%, respectively. Conversely, there were 79.38% and 79.33%, respectively obtained when using 109 PAC. Although the glucose recovery of FSPS is slightly higher, it is recommended to use SPFS because it is cheaper and the difference of glucose recovery is only 2%. Hence, this indicated that sugar production from sweet potato starch (commercial SPF) can be produced by the method of purification and crystallization developed from this study. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2013 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/2/Felicia%2824%20pgs%29.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/4/Felicia%20Tan%20Li%20Hia.pdf Tan, Felicia Li Hia (2013) Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
spellingShingle S Agriculture (General)
Tan, Felicia Li Hia
Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title_full Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title_fullStr Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title_full_unstemmed Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title_short Development of Purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
title_sort development of purification and crystallization of sweet potato sugar
topic S Agriculture (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/2/Felicia%2824%20pgs%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10072/4/Felicia%20Tan%20Li%20Hia.pdf