Patent ID: 9631209
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: A23K,C12P,Y02E

Claim:
1. A method for fermenting stalks of the Poaceae family, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing stalks of the Poaceae family, wherein said stalks have an average length greater than 100 mm, and wherein said stalks have an average initial moisture content between 25% and 80%; (b) compressing said stalks between rollers while said stalks are submerged in an aqueous reagent solution, wherein said rollers compress the average diameter of said stalks by between 20% and 90%, and wherein said aqueous reagent solution contains one or more fermentation organisms selected from the group consisting of yeasts, lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria, and combinations thereof; (c) removing said stalks from said aqueous reagent solution, wherein said stalks retain at least a portion of said one or more fermentation organisms; and (d) fermenting said stalks for a fermentation time to produce fermentation products within said stalks.