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US 6,313,328 B1Granted
Extraction of corn oil from flaked corn grain
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsJames F. Ulrich, Stephan C. Anderson
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Abstract
A commercial-scale method for processing corn grain includes the steps of flaking corn grain having a total oil content of at least about 8% and extracting a corn oil from the flaked corn grain. Such a method can be effectuated by processing the high oil corn grain using methods and equipment typically used to process soybeans and other similar oilseed types. In this way, processing plants that flake oilseeds can be used to extract corn oil from corn.
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A method for processing corn grain comprising the steps of:
- a) flaking corn grain;
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- b) extracting an oil from said flaked corn grain, said corn grain having a total oil content of at least about 8%.
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