Raffinose saccharose production

The sugars occurring in commercial products arc principally saccharose, invert sugar, glucose, levulose and, less frequently, maltose, lactose and raffinose. 

Determination of Saccharose, Raffinose and a Reducing Sugar together.—If the same notation as before is used and a represent the rotation due to 1 gram of the inversion products of raffinose, the following three equations hold ... 

Sugar cane molasses contains about 80% dry matter, of which 30-40% is saccharose and 30% glucose and fructose. The content of non-sugars is about 10%. The non-sugars include small amounts of raffinose, no betaine, but also about 5% aconitic acid, which is not present in beet molasses. The content of inorganic substances is about 8%. Sugar cane molasses is mainly used for production of rum and arrack. 

Levans are branched polymers of D-fructofuranoses associated exclusively by P-(2->-6) glycosidic bonds. In addition to inuhn, they may also contain D-glucose as the terminal unit. Typical levans are synthesised, for example, by bacteria Bacillus subtilis from saccharose or raffinose in sugar beet juice during sugar production. Levans with l-(2 6) glycosidic bond also predominate in oats. 

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