Patent · US Expired

Process for the recovery of starch from cereal grains as an aqueous slurry

US4255518A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
13References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1979
Grant dateMar 10, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02E50/10
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In the wet milling of a cereal grain such as corn for the recovery of starch and other products therefrom, steepwater containing much of the water soluble components of the grain, e.g., carbohydrates, proteins and minerals, is utilized as process water for each of the individual milling, screening, concentrating and washing operations and the process water is thereafter recycled for use as steepwater in a subsequent starch recovery sequence.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.