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Eggleston G, Boue S, Bett-Garber K, Verret C, Triplett A, Bechtel P. Phenolic contents, antioxidant potential and associated colour in sweet sorghum syrups compared to other commercial syrup sweeteners. J Sci Food Agric 2021; 101:613-623. [PMID: 32683700 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.10673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND Knowledge of the bioactive content of sweet sorghum syrups compared to other common food-grade syrups will expand their utilisation as a food source. Total phenolic content (TPC), phenolics evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography, antioxidant 2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl hydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activities and oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), as well as colour of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), corn, honey, maple, agave, rice and grain sorghum syrups, were compared to 10 commercial sweet sorghum syrups. RESULTS Sweet sorghum syrups contained markedly higher (P ≤ 0.05) TPC (6471 ± 1823 mg L-1 ) compared to the other syrups (596 ± 497 mg L-1 ). HFCS, corn, white grain sorghum and rice syrups had negligible and low DPPH radical scavenging activities and ORAC values, respectively. DPPH activities, ORAC and colour values of the sweet sorghum syrups were also markedly (P ≤ 0.05) higher than other syrups and highly related. The predominant phenolic components identified in sweet sorghum syrups were phenolic acids. Ellagic acid and protocatechuic acid were found in sorghum syrups ranging in concentration from 335-1177 and 53-485 μg g-1 , respectively. Sinapic acid was detected in several sorghum syrups, ranging in concentrations between 21 and 3654 μg g-1 . CONCLUSION HFCS, corn, white grain sorghum and rice syrups demonstrated low bioactivity with negligible and low DPPH activities and ORAC values, respectively. The TPC, DPPH, ORAC and colour values of the sweet sorghum syrups were related to each other and markedly (P ≤ 0.05) higher compared to the other syrups. Phenolic acids were the predominant phenolic compounds identified in sorghum syrups and represent potential for health benefits. Published 2020. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA, USA
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- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA, USA
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- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
- Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University AgCenter, St. Gabriel, LA, USA
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- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Eggleston G, Gober J, Legendre D, Cyr ES. Seasonal chemical sucrose losses in upstream and downstream products at a cane sugar factory. Sugar Industry 2019. [DOI: 10.36961/si23835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Measurement of sucrose losses across a cane sugar factory are notoriously difficult to measure directly or indirectly. Six loss trials were conducted at one factory across a Louisiana processing season; per trial, 40 samples were collected across four upstream and downstream unit processes. Sucrose losses were directly measured with gas chromatography using two equations based on (1) an increase in glucose/sucrose ratios on a RDS basis across a process, or a (2) a decrease in sucrose/RDS. When actual losses were <0.5%, eq. (2) did not detect losses due to the experimental error of the method being greater than the loss. Conversely, when high sucrose losses occurred, i.e., >0.5%, sucrose losses based on eq. (1) were lower than those based on eq. (2), because concomitant acid degradation of glucose occurred. Mean season losses were 2.56% equivalent to 4.89 lbs sucrose lost per short ton of cane and USD1,404,000, with values being much higher than previously reported. Mean losses were 2%, 24.8%, 58.6%, and 14.8% across the MJ tank, clarifier, two pre-evaporators (in series), and from the pre-evaporators to the final evaporator, respectively. 53% of total season losses occurred in early season when the cane quality was worst.
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Cole M, Eggleston G, Wang YJ. Understanding the causes of calcium carbonate crystal growth and inhibition during the carbonatation refining of raw sugars. Food Chem 2019; 275:24-31. [PMID: 30724193 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.09.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The inhibitory activity of soluble and insoluble starch (0-550 ppm/Brix) in factory raw sugars were investigated using simulated refinery carbonatation clarification reactions to underpin what causes the undesirable formation of CaCO3 crystal fines (≤5 μm). It was found that CaCO3 crystal growth was inhibited mostly by soluble starch by forming starch-Ca2+ metal complexes. Insoluble (granular) starch, however, had a greater affinity for inhibiting CaCO3 crystallization because it retained the carbonatation clarification reactants, i.e., Ca2+and OH-, in the granule interior which caused granule gelatinization and increased viscosity of the melt liquor. Causes for poor press filterability and CaCO3 fines using raw sugar melts were found to be complex and attributed to the combinatorial roles that both soluble and insoluble starch have, among other impurities. More studies are now warranted at the carbonatation refinery to correlate processing characteristics with raw sugars quality attributes to underpin how each impurity impedes carbonatation.
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- Marsha Cole
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA 71270, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA; Audubon Sugar Institute, Louisiana State University, St. Gabriel, LA 70776, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
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Cole M, Eggleston G. Comparison of international methods for the determination of total starch in raw sugars: Part II. Food Chem 2018; 246:99-107. [PMID: 29291884 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Industrial starch methods in the sugar industry are affected by sugarcane- and processing-derived colourants, and it was presumed that these methods are mathematically equatable. Using the USDA Starch Research method as a reference and factory raw sugars, the impact of colourants on the accuracy, precision, limits of detection/quantification, and mathematical equatability of the starch methods were investigated. Approximately 26-55% of raw sugar colour contributed to starch-I3- absorbance. The exclusion of a colour blank negatively affected method accuracy and the addition of a colour blank confirmed that these methods measured mostly colour instead of starch. Inefficient starch solubilization and the inability to standardize sugar colourants explained why starch results from these methods could not be mathematically equated to the USDA Starch Research method, or among different methods. An industrial starch method that efficiently solubilizes starch and includes a colour blank is urgently needed.
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- Marsha Cole
- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA; Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education Research Participation Program at USDA-ARS, USA
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- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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Eggleston G, Triplett A. Formation of Polyphenol-Denatured Protein Flocs in Alcohol Beverages Sweetened with Refined Cane Sugars. J Agric Food Chem 2017; 65:9703-9714. [PMID: 29016117 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b03185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The sporadic appearance of floc from refined, white cane sugars in alcohol beverages remains a technical problem for both beverage manufacturers and sugar refiners. Cane invert sugars mixed with 60% pure alcohol and water increased light scattering by up to ∼1000-fold. Insoluble and soluble starch, fat, inorganic ash, oligosaccharides, Brix, and pH were not involved in the prevailing floc-formation mechanism. Strong polynomial correlations existed between the haze floc and indicator values (IVs) (color at 420 nm pH 9.0/color at pH 4.0-an indirect measure of polyphenolic and flavonoid colorants) (R2 = 0.815) and protein (R2 = 0.819) content of the invert sugars. Ethanol-induced denaturation of the protein exposed hydrophobic polyphenol-binding sites that were further exposed when heated to 80 °C. A tentative mechanism for floc formation was advanced by molecular probing with a haze (floc) active protein and polyphenol as well as polar, nonpolar, and ionic solvents.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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Cole M, Eggleston G, Triplett A. Analytical evaluation of current starch methods used in the international sugar industry: Part I. Food Chem 2017; 228:226-235. [PMID: 28317717 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.01.152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2016] [Revised: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Several analytical starch methods exist in the international sugar industry to mitigate starch-related processing challenges and assess the quality of traded end-products. These methods use iodometric chemistry, mostly potato starch standards, and utilize similar solubilization strategies, but had not been comprehensively compared. In this study, industrial starch methods were compared to the USDA Starch Research method using simulated raw sugars. Type of starch standard, solubilization approach, iodometric reagents, and wavelength detection affected total starch determination in simulated raw sugars. Simulated sugars containing potato starch were more accurately detected by the industrial methods, whereas those containing corn starch, a better model for sugarcane starch, were only accurately measured by the USDA Starch Research method. Use of a potato starch standard curve over-estimated starch concentrations. Among the variables studied, starch standard, solubilization approach, and wavelength detection affected the sensitivity, accuracy/precision, and limited the detection/quantification of the current industry starch methods the most.
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- Marsha Cole
- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
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- USDA-ARS Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
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Hale AL, Viator RP, Eggleston G, Hodnett G, Stelly DM, Boykin D, Miller DK. Estimating Broad Sense Heritability and Investigating the Mechanism of Genetic Transmission of Cold Tolerance Using Mannitol as a Measure of Post-freeze Juice Degradation in Sugarcane and Energycane (Saccharum spp.). J Agric Food Chem 2016; 64:1657-1663. [PMID: 26885566 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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In approximately 25% of the sugarcane-producing countries worldwide, conventional sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids) is exposed to damaging freezes. A study was conducted during the 2009 and 2010 harvest seasons to compare late-season freeze tolerance among three groups: commercial Louisiana sugarcane genotypes, early generation genotypes selected for cold tolerance in the U.S. Department of Agriculture sugarcane breeding programs at Houma, LA, and Canal Point, FL, and potential energycane genotypes selected for high total biomass per acre. Mannitol concentrations in cane juice following freezing temperatures were determined to evaluate levels of cold tolerance. Genotypes selected for cold tolerance in Houma, LA, had significantly more late-season freeze tolerance than commercial sugarcane genotypes and genotypes selected in Canal Point, FL. Genotypes showing the most cold tolerance were Ho02-146 and Ho02-152, and those that were most highly susceptible were US87-1006 and US87-1003 (early-generation breeding genotypes) and L99-233 (commercial genotype). Broad-sense heritability for late-season cold tolerance in the two-year study was estimated at g(2) = 0.78. The enzymatic mannitol analysis successfully differentiated high-fiber energycane genotypes from those from other sources.
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- Anna L Hale
- Sugarcane Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 5883 USDA Road, Houma, Louisiana 70360, United States
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- Sugarcane Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 5883 USDA Road, Houma, Louisiana 70360, United States
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- Commodity Utilization Research Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Southeast Area, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , 141 Experiment Station Road, Stoneville, Mississippi 38776, United States
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- AgCenter Northeast Research Station, Louisiana State University , 4589 Highway 605, St. Joseph, Louisiana 71366, United States
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Eggleston G, Borges E. Multiple applications of ion chromatography oligosaccharide fingerprint profiles to solve a variety of sugar and sugar-biofuel industry problems. J Agric Food Chem 2015; 63:2841-2851. [PMID: 25708094 DOI: 10.1021/jf506370s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Sugar crops contain a broad variety of carbohydrates used for human consumption and the production of biofuels and bioproducts. Ion chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection (IC-IPAD) can be used to simultaneously detect mono-, di-, and oligosaccharides, oligosaccharide isomers, mannitol, and ethanol in complex matrices from sugar crops. By utilizing a strong NaOH/NaOAc gradient method over 45 min, oligosaccharides of at least 2-12 dp can be detected. Fingerprint IC oligosaccharide profiles are extremely selective, sensitive, and reliable and can detect deterioration product metabolites from as low as 100 colony-forming units/mL lactic acid bacteria. The IC fingerprints can also be used to (i) monitor freeze deterioration, (ii) optimize harvesting methods and cut-to-crush times, (iii) differentiate between white refined sugar from sugar cane and from sugar beets, (iv) verify the activities of carbohydrate enzymes, (v) select yeasts for ethanol fermentations, and (vi) isolate and diagnose infections and processing problems in sugar factories.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- †Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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- §Fermentec Ltda., Av. Antônia Pazzinato Sturion 1155, Piracicaba, Brazil 13420 640
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Boue SM, Shih BY, Burow ME, Eggleston G, Lingle S, Pan YB, Daigle K, Bhatnagar D. Postharvest accumulation of resveratrol and piceatannol in sugarcane with enhanced antioxidant activity. J Agric Food Chem 2013; 61:8412-8419. [PMID: 23931742 DOI: 10.1021/jf4020087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A new plant source, sugarcane, was used to produce the stilbenes piceatannol and resveratrol. Both stilbenes were identified in sugarcane billet stalks (12 mm) after incubation at room temperature for 3 days. Low concentrations of piceatannol (30.6 μg/g) and resveratrol (12.3 μg/g) were detected at day 3. At day 7 of incubation higher concentrations of piceatannol (1659 μg/g) and resveratrol (73 μg/g) were produced. Sugarcane juice obtained from billets that were incubated for 7 days contained high levels of piceatannol (8.5 mg/L) and resveratrol (1.2 mg/L). Although high stilbene concentrations were determined in the sugarcane variety L 97-128, two other varieties (Ho 95-988 and LCP 85-384) displayed lower stilbene concentrations after incubation for 7 days. The total phenolic content (TPC) and antioxidant activities of incubated sugarcane extracts were determined by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP). The TPC and antioxidant activities were highest in sugarcane extracts that were incubated for 7 days. This study details a postharvest method to produce stilbene-enriched sugarcane with increased levels of piceatannol and resveratrol.
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- Stephen M Boue
- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture , New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, United States
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Eggleston G, Legendre D, Pontif K, Gober J. Improved Control of Sucrose Losses and Clarified Juice Turbidity with Lime Saccharate in Hot Lime Clarification of Sugarcane Juice and other Comparisons with Milk of Lime. J FOOD PROCESS PRES 2012. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.2012.00779.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- SRRC-USDA-ARS; 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard New Orleans LA 70124
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Eggleston G, Yen JWT, Alexander C, Gober J. Measurement and analysis of the mannitol partition coefficient in sucrose crystallization under simulated industrial conditions. Carbohydr Res 2012; 355:69-78. [PMID: 22632769 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2012.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mannitol is a major deterioration product of Leuconstoc mesenteroides bacterial metabolism of sucrose and fructose from both sugarcane and sugar beet. The effect of crystallization conditions on the mannitol partition coefficient (K(eff)) between impure sucrose syrup and crystal has been investigated in a batch laboratory crystallizer and a batch pilot plant-scale vacuum pan. Laboratory crystallization was operated at 65.5°C (150°F), 60.0°C (140°F), and 51.7°C (125°F) with a 78.0 Brix (% refractometric dissolved solids) pure sucrose syrup containing 0%, 0.1%, 0.2%, 1.0%, 2.0%, 3.0%, and 10% (at 65.5°C only) mannitol on a Brix basis. Produced mother liquor and crystals were separated by centrifugation and their mannitol contents measured by ion chromatography with integrated pulsed amperometric detection (IC-IPAD). The extent of mannitol partitioning into the crystals depended strongly on the mannitol concentration in the feed syrup and, to a lesser extent, the crystallization temperature. At 65.5 and 60.0°C, the K(eff) varied from ~0.4% to 3.0% with 0.2% to 3.0% mannitol in the feed syrup, respectively. The mannitol K(eff) was lower than that reported for dextran (~9-10% K(eff)), another product of Leuconstoc deterioration, under similar sucrose crystal growth conditions. At 10% mannitol concentration in the syrup at 65.5°C, co-crystallization of mannitol with sucrose occurred and the crystal growth rate was greatly impeded. In both laboratory and pilot plant crystallizations (95.7% purity; 78.0 Brix; 65.5°C), mannitol tended to cause conglomerates to form, which became progressively worse with increased mannitol syrup concentration. At the 3% mannitol concentration, crystallization at both the laboratory and pilot plant scales was more difficult. Mannitol incorporation into the sucrose crystal results mostly from liquid syrup inclusions but adsorption onto the crystal surface may play a minor role at lower mannitol concentrations.
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Eggleston G, Huet JM. The measurement of mannitol in beet sugar factories to monitor deterioration and processing problems*. Sugar Industry 2012. [DOI: 10.36961/si12626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The major (but not sole) contributor to beet deterioration in many countries, particularly when warm and humid conditions prevail, is infection by hetero-fermentative Leuconostoc mesenteroides lactic acid bacteria. In recent years it has emerged that mannitol is a major product of L. mesenteroides deterioration of sugar beet and a sensitive marker that can predict processing problems. How mannitol and dextran formation are related is described. An enzymatic factory method that is rapid, simple, accurate, and inexpensive is now available to measure mannitol in juices and is also applicable to downstream products. The method recently became an Official ICUMSA Method GS8-12. Numerous factories in Europe, including France, Germany, Belgium, and Poland are now using the method to monitor for Leuconostoc activity in beets, press water, raw, and thin juices. In two Belgian factories steam disinfections of juice/cossettes heat exchangers are applied when critical levels (>160 mg/L) of mannitol are detected. At a German factory, heat exchangers are treated regularly with sodium hydroxide when mannitol content becomes greater than 50–60 mg/L. In numerous French factories, mannitol levels are helping to control filtration difficulties. Mannitol balances undertaken by Groupement D’Exchanges Techniques during the 2009 beet campaign are discussed.
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The effect of the U.S. and worldwide change from burnt to unburnt (green) sugar cane harvesting on processing and the use of sugar cane leaves and tops as a biomass source has not been fully characterized. Sugar cane whole-stalks were harvested from the first ratoon (repeat) crop of five commercial, Louisiana sugar cane varieties (LCP 85-384, HoCP 96-540, L 97-128, L 99-226, and L 99-233). Replicated sample tissues of brown, dry leaves (BL), green leaves (GL), growing point region (GPR), and stalk (S) were separated. Composite juice from each tissue type was clarified following a hot lime clarification process operated by most U.S. factories. Only GPR and GL juices foamed on heating and followed the normal settling behavior of factory sugar cane juice, although GL was markedly slower than GPR. GPR juice aided settling. S juice tended to thin out rather than follow normal settling and exhibited the most unwanted upward motion of flocs. Most varietal variation in settling, mud, and clarified juice (CJ) characteristics occurred for GL. The quality rather than the quantity of impurities in the different tissues mostly affected the volume of mud produced: After 30 min of settling, mud volume per unit tissue juice degrees Brix (% dissolved solids) varied markedly among the tissues (S 1.09, BL 11.3, GPR 3.0, and GL 3.1 mL/degrees Brix). Heat transfer properties of tissue juices and CJs are described. Clarification was unable to remove all BL cellulosic particles. GL and BL increased color, turbidity, and suspended particles in CJs with BL worse than GL. This will make the future attainment of very high pol (VHP) raw sugar in the U.S. more difficult. Although optimization of factory unit processes will alleviate extra trash problems, economical strategies to reduce the amount of green and brown leaves processed need to be identified and implemented.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- Southern Regional Research Center, ARS-USDA, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA.
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LeBlanc BW, Eggleston G, Sammataro D, Cornett C, Dufault R, Deeby T, St. Cyr E. Formation of Hydroxymethylfurfural in Domestic High-Fructose Corn Syrup and Its Toxicity to the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera). J Agric Food Chem 2009; 57:7369-76. [PMID: 19645504 DOI: 10.1021/jf9014526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In the United States, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has become a sucrose replacement for honey bees and has widespread use as a sweetener in many processed foods and beverages for human consumption. It is utilized by commercial beekeepers as a food for honey bees for several reasons: to promote brood production, after bees have been moved for commercial pollination, and when field-gathered nectar sources are scarce. Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a heat-formed contaminant and is the most noted toxin to honey bees. Currently, there are no rapid field tests that would alert beekeepers of dangerous levels of HMF in HFCS or honey. In this study, the initial levels and the rates of formation of HMF at four temperatures were evaluated in U.S.-available HFCS samples. Different HFCS brands were analyzed and compared for acidity and metal ions by inductively coupled plasma mass spectroscopy. Levels of HMF in eight HFCS products were evaluated over 35 days, and the data were fit to polynomial and exponential equations, with excellent correlations. The data can be used by beekeepers to predict HMF formation on storage. Caged bee studies were conducted to evaluate the HMF dose-response effect on bee mortality. Finally, commercial bases such as lime, potash, and caustic soda were added to neutralize hydronium ion in HMF samples, and the rates of HMF formation were compared at 45 degrees C.
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- Blaise W. LeBlanc
- Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, Arizona 85719
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- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, Louisiana 70179
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- Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, Arizona 85719
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- Department of Chemistry and Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin, Platteville, Wisconsin 53818
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- United Tribes Technical College, Bismark, North Dakota 58504
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- Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2000 East Allen Road, Tucson, Arizona 85719
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Eggleston G, Karr J, Parris A, Legendre B. Viability of an enzymatic mannitol method to predict sugarcane deterioration at factories. Food Chem 2008; 111:476-82. [PMID: 26047453 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.03.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2007] [Revised: 03/17/2008] [Accepted: 03/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The delivery of consignments of deteriorated sugarcane to factories can detrimentally affect multiple process units, and even lead to a factory shut-down. An enzymatic factory method was used to measure mannitol, a major degradation product of sugarcane Leuconostoc deterioration in the US, in press (consignment) and crusher juices collected across the 2004 processing season at a Louisiana factory. Weather conditions varied markedly across the season causing periods of the delivery of deteriorated sugarcane to the factory. A strong polynomial relationship existed between mannitol and haze dextran (R(2)=0.912) in press and crusher juices. Mannitol concentrations were usually higher than haze and monoclonal antibody dextran concentrations, which indicates: (i) the usefulness and higher sensitivity of mannitol to better predict sugarcane deterioration from Leuconostoc and other bacteria than dextran, and (ii) the underestimation by sugar industry personnel of the relatively large amounts of mannitol present in deteriorated sugarcane that can affect processing. Greater than ∼2500ppm/%Brix mannitol in juice predicts downstream processing problems. The enzymatic method is quantitative and could be used in a sugarcane payment formula. Approximately >300ppm/%Brix haze dextran in raw sugar indicated that the majority of the crystals were elongated. Approximately >600ppm/%Brix antibody dextran indicated when elongated crystals were predominant in the raw sugar. The enzymatic mannitol method underestimates mannitol in raw sugars.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- SRRC-USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA.
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- SRRC-USDA-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124, USA
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- Iberia Sugar Coop. Inc., P.O. Box 11108, New Iberia, LA 70562, USA
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- Louisiana State University, Agricultural Center, Sugar Research Station, St. Gabriel, LA 70776, USA
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Eggleston G, Vercellotti JR. Degradation of Sucrose, Glucose and Fructose in Concentrated Aqueous Solutions Under Constant pH Conditions at Elevated Temperature. J Carbohydr Chem 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/07328300008544153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- G. Eggleston
- a SRRC-USDA-ARS , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, P.O.Box 19687 New Orleans, LA 70179, USA E-mail:
- b V-LABS, INC. , 423 N. Theard Street, Covington, LA 70433, USA
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- a SRRC-USDA-ARS , 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, P.O.Box 19687 New Orleans, LA 70179, USA E-mail:
- b V-LABS, INC. , 423 N. Theard Street, Covington, LA 70433, USA
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- Gillian Eggleston
- Commodity Utilization Unit, Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, New Orleans, LA 70124
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- Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Eggleston G, Monge A. Minimization of seasonal sucrose losses across Robert's-type evaporators in raw sugar manufacture by pH optimization. J Agric Food Chem 2005; 53:6332-9. [PMID: 16076115 DOI: 10.1021/jf058019e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Factory staff must consider all costs to make sound economic decisions on how to improve the performance of evaporators, which includes knowing optimum pH levels to minimize sucrose losses. A factory study was conducted to determine the effects of target final evaporator syrup (FES) pH values across the season on sucrose losses. The factory operated Robert's type calandria evaporators, with two (2787 and 2322 m2) preevaporators in parallel and three sets of triple-body evaporators (1148 m2 each) in parallel; Rt values were 11.4 and 9.5 min in the two preevaporators, respectively, and increased from 10.0 to 21.8 min across the triple bodies. Gas chromatography was used to determine sucrose losses as Delta%glucose/%sucrose ratios on a degrees Brix basis. Most sucrose losses to acid hydrolysis occurred in the preevaporators. Increasing the target pH of the FES or clarified juice (CJ) systematically reduced losses of sucrose; however, scaling effects overrode pH effects in later bodies. Seasonal effects on evaporator sucrose losses were dramatic. In the early season when cane quality was lowest, higher amounts of impurities catalyzed further hydrolysis of sucrose. In the late season, resilient scale built-up across the season contributed to higher hydrolysis. An optimum target FES pH of approximately 6.3-6.5 measured at room temperature (equivalent to a CJ pH of approximately 7.1-7.3) is recommended, with a higher target FES pH in the early season or when processing immature cane, to reduce excessive losses. Across the evaporation station, the juice/syrup pH decreased up to the 2nd body with a consistent increase in the 3rd body due to evaporation of volatile acids into the condensate. Equations to assess the economic implications of evaporator sucrose losses are described. A target FES pH of 5.9 caused a season average sucrose loss of 0.55% equivalent to 1.52 lbs sucrose lost/ton of cane and a minimum USD 390,400 loss in profits. In contrast, a target FES pH of 6.5 reduced this sucrose loss to 0.36% and 1.01 lbs sucrose lost/ton of cane and saved the factory a minimum of USD 131,100.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA.
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Blake CJ, Godshall MA, Eggleston G, Konings EJM. Committee on Food Nutrition. J AOAC Int 2004; 87:285-90. [PMID: 15084111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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- Christopher J Blake
- Nestlé Research Center, Quality and Safety Assurance Department, Vers Chez-les-Blanc, 1000 Lausanne 26, Switzerland.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, SRRC-ARS, 1100 Robert E. Lee Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124
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- Gillian Eggleston
- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70124
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- Southern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 5883 USDA Road, Houma, LA 70361
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Edwards J, Eggleston G, Yager DR, Cohen I, Diegelmann RF, Bopp AF. Design, preparation and assessment of citrate-linked monosaccharide cellulose conjugates with elastase-lowering activity. Carbohydr Polym 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0144-8617(02)00029-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Eggleston G, Monge A, Pepperman A. Preheating and incubation of cane juice prior to liming: a comparison of intermediate and cold lime clarification. J Agric Food Chem 2002; 50:484-490. [PMID: 11804517 DOI: 10.1021/jf010999p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the U.S., cold lime clarification remains the clarification process of choice in raw sugar manufacturing. A comparative study of cold vs intermediate lime clarification was undertaken at a factory that operated intermediate liming (approximately 30% mixed juice (MJ) of pH 5.2 +/- 0.3 was preheated to 87-93 degrees C to help maintain clean limed juice heaters, incubated at approximately 54 degrees C, and then limed) but still had the pipes to revert to cold liming (MJ incubated and limed at approximately 40 degrees C) for this study. Hourly samples were collected over a 6 h sampling period across cold and intermediate clarification processes on two consecutive days, respectively, and this was repeated three times across the 1999 grinding season. A total of 1.57% less sucrose was lost to inversion reactions across intermediate rather than cold liming. In intermediate liming, which required approximately 4.6% less lime, preheating of only 30% of the MJ markedly removed color (-29%), dextran (-10%), and starch (-24%) and caused large flocs to form that settled faster in the clarifiers. Faster settling led to an impressive 4.6% (season average) more turbidity removal across the clarifiers in intermediate rather than cold liming. Intermediate clarified juice (CJ) turbidity (season average 2028 ICU +/- 675) was approximately half of cold CJ turbidity (average 3952 ICU +/- 1450) with over 2-fold more CJ turbidity control. Subsequent turbidity values and control were significantly improved in the final evaporator syrup samples too. For both processes, juice incubation caused approximately 10% color removal, but this was offset by color formation on liming, because of the alkaline degradation of invert; however, overall, more color was removed than formed in intermediate liming. Starch was reduced in the incubator tank, for both processes, because added filtrate reduced the acidity enabling natural diastase from the cane to degrade starch. Some dextran occasionally formed in the incubator tank, in both processes. Summed across measured parameters, intermediate liming appears to offer several advantages over cold liming.
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- Gillian Eggleston
- USDA-ARS-Southern Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 70124, USA.
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Eggleston G, Vercellotti JR, Edy LA, Clarke MA. Effects of Salts on the Initial Thermal Degradation of Concentrated Aqueous Solutions of Sucrose1. J Carbohydr Chem 1996. [DOI: 10.1080/07328309608005427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Eggleston G, Vercellotti J, Edye L, Clarke M. Behavior of Water Structure-Breaking and Structure-Enhancing Solutes on the Thermal Degradation of Concentrated Solutions of Sucrose1. J Carbohydr Chem 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/07328309508005395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gidley MJ, Eggleston G, Morris ER. Selective removal of α-d-galactose side chains from Rhizobium capsular polysaccharide by guar α-d-galactosidase: effect on conformational stability and gelation. Carbohydr Res 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(92)84018-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Eggleston G, Swennen R, Akoni S. Physicochemical Studies on Starches Isolated from Plantain Cultivars, Plantain Hybrids and Cooking Bananas. STARCH-STARKE 1992. [DOI: 10.1002/star.19920440402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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