Patent ID: 8293504

Claim:
A process for the production of an aqueous glucose solution from maize, comprising: a) fractionating dry milling of maize kernels, where the maize kernels are separated into a maize-starch-comprising endosperm fraction and a high-oil germ fraction and optionally a bran fraction; b) enzymatical liquefaction and saccharification of the maize starch in an aqueous suspension of the endosperm fraction, which gives an aqueous glucose solution comprising maize gluten; and c) depletion of the maize gluten and optionally any bran present from the aqueous glucose solution; where in step b) an aqueous suspension of the maize flour obtained in step a) and containing the endosperm fraction and optionally the bran fraction is employed, where the amount of maize flour is chosen in such a way that the aqueous suspension comprises from 30 to 45% by weight of starch, based on the total weight of the suspension.