Finex resins are in service in a wide range of large scale industrial separation processes, some of which are listed below. They meet the FDA regulations and are especially suitable for food applications. In fact they were originally developed by sugar technologists to achieve high-purity sugar separation with minimal dilution. In each case the best separation results were obtained by tailoring the resins for the application after consultation with the end-user.

  • glucose-fructose separation
  • molasses desugarization
  • recovery of amino acids from molasses
  • fractionation of carbohydrates and lignosulfonates in wood hydrolyzates
  • xylitol and maltitol production
  • maltose separation from starch hydrolyzates
  • recovery of lactose and protein from by-products of the dairy industry
  • acid-sugar separations
  • monosaccharide-polysaccharide separations
The animation below shows an example of glucose-fructose separation. You can see from this example that glucose comes out from the column earlier and the resin matrix holds fructose longer which means that you can get two individual fractions.

The following animation shows the separation of betaine, sucrose and desugarized molasses fractions.