Products comprising corn oil and corn meal obtained from corn

US6723370B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CARGILL, INCORPORATED · US
• Renessenz, LLC · US

Inventors

• James F. Ulrich · Highwood, US
• Neal Jakel · Cedar Rapids, US
• Joel Ingvalson · Minneapolis, US
• Michael John Tupy · Crystal, US
• Doug Kotowski · Plymouth, US
• Francis Amore · Plymouth, US
• Michael J. Beaver · Victoria, US
• Eugene J. Fox · Dayton, US
• Patrick Adu-Peashah · Gurnee, US
• Troy Lohrmann · Lake Villa, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 15, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2004
• Expiry date: Jun 25, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E50/10
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods of manufacturing and processing corn oil and corn meal obtained from whole corn are included in useful products. The corn oil is extracted from the whole corn to form the corn meal. The corn oil generally comprises levels of nutrients not found in commercially available corn oils, since most or all of the corn grain, rather than just the germ, is exposed to the extraction process. The corn grain generally includes the steps of flaking corn grain having a total oil content of from about 3% to about 6% and extracting a corn oil from the flaked corn grain.