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Process for recovery of corn coarse fiber (pericarp)

  • US 6,254,914 B1
  • Filed: 07/02/1999
  • Issued: 07/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for recovering corn coarse fiber comprising the steps of:

  • soaking corn in water to loosen the attachments of various grain components therein to each other;

    degerminating the soaked corn to strip the corn coarse fiber and germ away from the endosperm;

    recovering the germ by increasing the specific gravity of a slurry including the germ and corn coarse fiber therein to approximately within the range of 7.5 to 11 Baumé

    for removal of the germ; and

    recovering the corn coarse fiber by increasing the specific gravity of a slurry including the corn coarse fiber therein to approximately within the range of 11-16 Baumé

    so that the corn coarse fiber floats to the top of said slurry for removal of said corn coarse fiber.

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