Application of tailor-made membranes in a multi-stage process for the purification of sweeteners from Stevia rebaudiana

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-293

  Vanneste, J ^a   Sotto, A ^b   Courtin, C M ^c   Van Craeyveld, V ^c   Bernaerts, K ^a   Van Impe, J ^a   Vandeur, J ^a   Taes, S ^a   Van Der Bruggen, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diafiltration; Phase inversion; Polyethersulfone; Steviol glycosides; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

DIAFILTRATION; FLUX DECLINE; MULTISTAGE PROCESS; PHASE INVERSION; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYETHERSULPHONES; SEPARATION PERFORMANCE; STEVIA REBAUDIANA; STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES; SYNTHETIC MIXTURES; TAILOR-MADE MEMBRANES; THREE-STAGE PROCESS;

FOOD ADDITIVES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PURIFICATION; SUGARS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

MEMBRANES;

STEVIA REBAUDIANA;

EID: 78650743392     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.10.026     Document Type: Article

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