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Corn oil and protein extraction method

  • US 20020183490A1
  • Filed: 07/03/2002
  • Published: 12/05/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1999
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A corn product removal process, the process comprising steps of:

  • extracting oils and proteins from corn using ethanol;

    separating corn solids from an extraction solution that contains oils and zein protein produced in said step of extraction;

    membrane filtering said extraction solution to restrain zein from said mixture and pass the oil and ethanol mixture;

    membrane filtering said oil and ethanol mixture to restrain oil and pass ethanol;

    selecting at least one of zein or oil separated in said membrane filtering steps for an output corn product.

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