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Methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct and system therefore

  • US 10,519,398 B1
  • Filed: 08/19/2019
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/26/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for producing a grain meal from a whole stillage byproduct comprising:

  • separating the whole stillage byproduct into a wet cake portion and a thin stillage portion, which includes protein;

    prior to any evaporation step, separating out a solids portion, including the protein, from the thin stillage portion, wherein the solids portion, including the protein, is not subsequently subjected to an evaporator; and

    drying the solids portion, including the protein, to define a grain meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis.

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