Nov 16 2009
Ethanol Byproduct May Become Food
Dried Distillers Grain (DDG) may have the potential to enter into the food-grade product market. Currently the DDG produced from ethanol production is used in animal feed as a high protein feed. It has the potential to play a similar role for food. While several companies are exploring the possibilities, no one is (publicly) actively pursuing the commercialization of a food-grade DDG product. It would take an entire new infrastructure and regulatory system, but if it added value to the ethanol plant revenue stream, the industry would rise to make it happen.
