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Spray drying of the mixtures of mono-, di-, and oligosaccharides

Katarzyna Wrzosek, Juraj Moravčík, Monika Antošová, Viera Illeová, Milan Polakovič *

Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, Slovakia

E-mail: * milan.polakovic@stuba.sk

Abstract: Optimal conditions of spray drying of a fructooligosaccharide-rich mixture prepared by enzymatic conversion of sucrose were investigated. It was found that efficient drying of the mixture containing about 40 % of monosaccharides and sucrose required addition of a compound with a high a glass transition temperature. The addition of maltodextrin helped to achieve satisfactory solids yield and moisture. Optimized process parameters were the feed flow rate and solids concentration, drying air flow rate and inlet temperature.

Keywords: spray drying, prebiotic oligosaccharides

Full paper in Portable Document Format: acs_0163.pdf

Acta Chimica Slovaca, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013, pp. 177—181, DOI: 10.2478/acs-2013-0028