Flaking grits are large particles of endosperm that can be rolled flat to form the familiar corn flakes breakfast cereal. Larger material that passes over a 3.5-mesh screen is typically foreign material or whole kernels and is recycled back through the process or diverted to the hominy feed fraction. Smaller grits are of less value and aren t as readily used in forming flaked products, and thus are of lesser value. Meal is widely used in the manufacture of puffed corn snacks.
Corn flour is a coproduct of the dry milling process and is of low value to the miller.
Flour is used in snack and bakery products. Milling yield profiles were determined from small-scale milling tests that reflect commercial scale dry milling operations. Prices for other milling fractions were indexed from these values by fixed margins. Although assumed constant for the purpose of value calculations, these margins will vary due to market conditions.