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US 5,066,218 AGranted
Composition of a steeped starched-containing grain and a cellulase enzyme
AssigneeGenencor International, Inc.
InventorScott C. Silver
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of milling grain, especially corn, comprising cleaning the grain, steeping the grain in water to soften it, and then milling the grain with a cellulase enzyme.
Claims1
A composition consisting essentially of a steeped starch-containing grain and a cellulase enzyme in a concentration from at least about 5000 F.P.U./ton of steeped grain to about 60,000 F.P.U./ton of steeped grain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.