A fundamental understanding of the technology and science associated with corn wet milling. We will cover topics from the whole kernel to finished starch products, discuss industry trends and provide laboratory demonstrations. Course is designed for a broad audience and is taught by experts from industry, academia and federal research agencies.

• Introductions
• Kernel structure, composition and cereal chemistry
• Overviews of corn processes: dry grind and dry milling
• Mycotoxins
• Lunch (included in registration fee)
• The corn wet milling process
• Steeping
• Methods to predict wet milling yields
• NIR prediction of starch yield
• Laboratory methods: introduction
• Wet milling laboratory demonstrations
• Starch hydrolyzates

• Enzymatic wet milling and alternative corn fractionation processes
• Modified starch products and applications
• Lunch (included in registration fee)
• Separations: germ, fiber, gluten, starch; hydrocyclones, screens and centrifuges
• Removal of water: steepwater, corn gluten feed, corn gluten meal