AMINONIR for producers of corn DDGS (distiller's dried grains with solubles)

AMINONIR®

for producers of corn DDGS (distiller's dried grains with solubles)

Identify and reduce variation in your corn DDGS quality and consistency.

YOUR CHALLENGE

Distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) made from corn is a byproduct from ethanol production. As the term indicates, DDGS undergoes a drying process to improve storage stability and logistics. If too much heat is released during the drying process, the total amount of valuable amino acids like arginine, cystine and lysine decreases. Mainly due to the Maillard reaction, digestibility of all amino acids may be negatively affected. This can result in decreased nutritional quality.

Production processes have a tremendous
impact on the digestibility of DDGS. ▸

Our solution

Use AMINONIR^® to determine the impact of heat treatment on the quality of your produced corn DDGS. Finetune the treatment to get the best possible product. Once you have scanned the corn DDGS samples and uploaded the spectra to Evonik, you will receive a complete evaluation within minutes.

Get an estimation of the degree of processing based on the near infrared (NIR) calibrations for the following well established parameters:

• Protein solubility in potassium hydroxide (KOH)
• Reactive lysine
• Ratio of reactive lysine to total lysine

You also get the corrected amino acid values based on the measured degree of processing so you can maximize digestibility.

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YOUR BENEFITS AT A GLANCE

Quick spot checks of corn and corn DDGS

Nutritional data to optimize the quality of corn DDGS products

High sample throughput at low cost

Comprehensive and clear report

Ideal conditions for price negotiations (quality-based sale)

Implementation and maintenance support

Ongoing online expert support

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