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DDGS New Market Research
Nearly 5 million tons of DDGS are currently created in domestic dry
grind ethanol production; farmer owned cooperatives represent 48%
of that production. For every bushel of corn made into ethanol, 18
pounds of DDGS are created and must maintain value to contribute
to plant profitability.
Solubles
Project—Development
of higher value use of distillers solubles. The goal of this research
is to develop protein blocks, utilizing high
proportions of distillers solubles, through a low-moisture pressure
process, and to evaluate these blocks as a free-choice supplement
for growing cattle.
Nisin Project—Development of Process to Create Nisin from distillers
solubles
This projectpresents a new opportunity for the alternative use of DDGS,
especially condensed distiller solubles (CDS) which is enriched in
water soluble nutrients necessary for bacteria growth. Distiller solubles
from bio-ethanol production and whey from cheese manufacturing, two
underutilized by-products, will be used in the proposed concept as
substrates for the simultaneous production of nisin and lactic acid.
The Nisin project will have the following benefits:
Arabinose
and Fiber Utilization Project—Potential new feed co-products
are often a result of new processing technology
Last reviewed
May 11, 2004
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