Colour Precipitants for Juice/Syrup

CPJ/S

Eautec Colour Precipitants for Juice/SyrupTreatment Programme

  • Colour precipitants are chemical agents used in the sugar industry to remove unwanted colour
  • compounds from juice or syrup during sugar processing. These compounds help clarify the
  • juice by causing the coloured impurities to precipitate (settle out), making the final sugar
  • product lighter in colour and higher in purity.
  • Common Colour Precipitants:
  • Phosphoric acid and lime (used together in phosphatation)
  • Sulphur dioxide (used in sulphitation)
  • Polyaluminium chloride or polymeric coagulants