The sulfur content of liquid cracking products, especially the cracked
gasoline, of the catalytic cracking process is reduced by the use of a
sulfur reduction additive comprising a porous molecular sieve which
contains a metal in an oxidation state above zero within the interior of
the pore structure of the sieve. The molecular sieve is normally a large
pore size zeolite such as USY or zeolite beta or an intermediate pore
size zeolite such as ZSM-5. The metal is normally a metal of Period 3 of
the Periodic Table, preferably zinc or vanadium. The sulfur reduction
catalyst may be used in the form of a separate particle additive or as a
component of an integrated cracking/sulfur reduction catalyst.