Corn Products Refining

G. R. Dean, Corn Products Refining Company, Argo, Illinois. 

During the first World War, the Corn Products Refining Company attempted to improve the methods of manufacturing dextrose to obtain a pure product at low cost. A process was developed in 1918 by Porst which produced chemically pure dextrose but cost of production was still high. 

January 3, 1956 assigned to the Secretary of Agriculture Cantor, S.M. and Hobbs, K.C. US Patent 2,354,664 August 1, 1944 assigned to Corn Products Refining Co. 

George M. Moffett Research Laboratories, Corn Products Refining Co., Argo, III. 

UnpuldiBhed data from Corn Products Refining Laboratory. Glucose SOi ratio = 1 1 solutions, unbuffered. i 1-molar... 

Sugar SO ratioa between about 1 0.5 and 1 1. t Unpublished data from Corn Products Refining Laboratory,... 

The formation of the a-hydroxysulfonic acids is influenced by concentration of the reactants (carbonyl compound and bisulfite), temperature, and pH. The rate of association as influenced by the relative concentration of bisulfite, aldehyde, and sugars was investigated early by Kerp (1904) and his collaborators and others, and more recently by Ingram and Vas (1950b) and by the Corn Products Refining Company. The effect of pH and temperature on dissociation of the sulfonic acids has been investigated also for some of the compounds (see the review by Suter,... 

The Chemical Division of the Corn Products Refining Company investigated the effect of temperature, concentration, alcohol, and free sulfurous acid on the degree of association of glucose and sodium bisulfite in aqueous solution in connection with the research sponsored by the Subsistence Section of the QMC Research and Development Branch during World War II on browning. 

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