Sugar-cellulose composites VII. A comparative assessment of corn syrup as a fiber substitute in paper.

The ability of the mixture of alpha-linked glucose oligomers in corn syrup to function as intrafiber components of paper is statistically assessed at the 95% confidence level for two degrees of refining (257 and 402 mL CSF) of never-dried commercial softwood and hardwood/softwood pulps. Independent of the extent of refining, the replacement of the beaten fibers by corn syrup at about the 6% level does not result in a statistically significant deterioration (two-sided t-test, p=0.05) of the ISO brightness or of the tensile, tear, burst or surface strength values of the resultant papers.