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2.7.2 <str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> gluten meal producti<strong>on</strong><str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> gluten meal is a high prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> (~60% crude prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>, <strong>on</strong> a dry matter basis), highlydigestible, by-product of the corn wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g. <str<strong>on</strong>g>Corn</str<strong>on</strong>g> wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g is an <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>dustrial ref<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g process<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> which the four major c<strong>on</strong>stituents of the corn kernel (i.e. starch, germ, prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> fiber) areisolated <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to relatively pure fracti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> transformed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to high quality products. Use of corn bythe wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g process <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> the U.S. has grown an average of 1.2 milli<strong>on</strong> bushels (unit of dryvolume, 1 bushel = 35.2 litres) per m<strong>on</strong>th, reach<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g up to 90 - 96 milli<strong>on</strong> bushels from January2007 to November 2009 (O’Brien, 2009).The major by-products from the corn wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g used for animal feeds are steep liquor,bran, germ <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> gluten meal, represent<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g about 30% of the total processed corn. An averageyield from the wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g process gives 56% starch, 22% corn gluten feed, 3% corn gluten meal<str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> 2% corn oil (Davis, 2001). Figure 2.2 shows the wet mill<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g process overview. Briefly, afterclean<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> removal of impurities, corn kernels are placed <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to large sta<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>less still tanks(steep<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g tanks) to be soaked <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> steepwater (diluted sulphur dioxide soluti<strong>on</strong>) for 30-50 hours at52 -54 °C. Soak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g softens the kernel <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the diluted sulphurous reduces the occurrence offermentati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> assists <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> separati<strong>on</strong> of the starch <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> prote<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> bounds (Galitsky et al., 2003).Dur<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g soak<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g, soluble nutrients from corn are transferred <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>to the steep water. This water isfurther evaporated <str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g> order to c<strong>on</strong>centrate those nutrients <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> recovered them as c<strong>on</strong>densed cornfermented extractives or corn steep liquor.After steep<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>g is completed, kernels are coarsely ground <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> oil-rich germ is removed.Oil is extracted from germ <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> the de-oiled germ leftovers are recovered as corn germ meal.Germless corn kernels are then f<str<strong>on</strong>g>in</str<strong>on</strong>g>ely ground <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> hulls are screen removed <str<strong>on</strong>g>and</str<strong>on</strong>g> recovered as corngluten feed.16

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