USE OF ENZYMES TO REDUCE STEEP TIME AND SO2 REQUIREMENTS IN A MAIZE WET-MILLING PROCESS

摘要

A method for obtaining starch from maize involving soaking maize kernels in water to produce soaked maize kernels, grinding the soaked maize kernels to produce a ground maize slurry, and incubating the ground maize slurry with enzyme (e.g., protease).