Fuente: WIPO "tomato" The present invention concerns sugar beet pulp which is capable of absorbing and/or holding an amount of water that is at least 14 times the dry weight of the sugar beet pulp.
The present invention further concerns a method for improving the water absorption capacity and/or water holding capacity of sugar beet pulp, comprising the steps of:



(a) providing sugar beet material;
(b) optionally extracting mono- and disaccharides from the sugar beet material provided in step (a) at a temperature below 75° C. to provide spent sugar beet pulp;
(c) subjecting the sugar beet material provided in step (a) or the spent sugar beet pulp provided in step (b) to a heating step at a temperature of at least 85° C. to obtain sugar beet pulp with improved water absorption capacity and/or water holding capacity;
(d) optionally removing mono- and disaccharides from the sugar beet pulp obtained in step (c).