Composition comprising corn flour and saccharification enzymes

• US 8,497,082 B2
• Filed: 11/11/2010
• Issued: 07/30/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Poet Research Inc.
• Original Assignee: Poet Research Inc.
• Inventors: Lewis, Stephen M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Weber, Jon P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Srivastava, Kailash C
• Application Number:
  US12/944,606
• Publication Number:
  US 20110097446A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 435/14, 435/18, 435/22, 435/96, 435/161, 426/64, 426/618
• US Class Current: 435/22
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/104 Fermentation of farinaceous cereal or cereal material; Addition of enzymes or microorganisms
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 7/20 Malt products preparation of malt for brewing C12C
• CPC Class Codes: C12P 7/06 Ethanol, i.e. non-beverage
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 50/10 Biofuels, e.g. bio-diesel

Abstract

The present invention describes compositions having aqueous corn flour and saccharification enzyme mixtures. In this composition all of the corn flour has particle size of 0.5 mm or less.

Claims

1. An aqueous composition comprising corn flour and an acid fungal amylase saccharification enzyme wherein all the corn flour has a particle size of 0.5 mm or less and the temperature of the water is from about 25°

C. to about 40°

C.

2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the amount of acid fungal amylase saccharification enzyme is from about 0.1 to about 10 acid fungal amylase units per gram of dry corn flour.

3. The composition according to claim 1, which further comprises a glucoamylase.

4. The composition according to claim 3, wherein the amount of glucoamylase is from about 0.1 to about 6.0 glucoamylase units per gram of dry corn flour.