Ethanol has been made from grain for thousands of years, but it is only in the last 15 years that it has achieved widespread use as a motor fuel ingredient. Citric and lactic acid from corn can be found in hundreds of food and industrial products. They provide tartness to foods and confections, help control pH and are themselves feedstocks for further products. Amino acids from corn provide a vital link in animal nutrition systems. Most grain feeds don't have the amount of lysine required by swine and poultry for optimal nutrition.
Economical corn based lysine is now available worldwide to help supplement animal feeds.
Threonine and tryptophan for feed supplements also come from corn. Even well-known food additives such as monosodium glutamate and xanthan gum are now produced by fermenting a dextrose feedstock. Today's world is awash in plastic waste. Corn refiners now have fully commercial products to help deal with the plastic disposal problem and are developing an increasing array of degrable plastic products. Inc. This site is optimized for Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 5.