English Contact Beet Extranet All Tereos sites Group Activities Finance Commitments Press area Careers Home page > Activities > Sectors > Cereals Sectors Beet Cane Cereals Products & Sector of application Sugars Starches Alcohols Bioethanol Co-products Energy Research and development CEREALS Portrait Cereals produced in Europe are used for animal feed (57%), human food (25%) and starch (18%). Four species occupy most of the national production: soft wheat, corn, barley, durum wheat. Tereos transforms in its industrial units cereals produced, among others, by partner cereal cooperatives, to produce mainly starch and alcohol. Products Starch: The cereals are first cleaned and crushed, and the flour thus extracted is mixed with water. The starch milks obtained are then sent to the glucose plants for complete transformation, or dried into native starches, or even transformed into modified starches. They are used by the food industry and industry. Glucose and derivatives: Glucose plants convert starch milk into glucose syrups, which are then purified and concentrated. Specific blends are made according to customer needs. Traditional alcohols: fermented in the presence of yeasts, glucose will turn into alcohol. The product is then distilled and then rectified to obtain superfine alcohol, or rectified and dehydrated to obtain absolute alcohol. Bioethanol: used for carburizing, dehydrated alcohol is called bioethanol. It is used as a mixture with conventional fuels, in different proportions (E10, E85). Other outlets: there are many co-products from the starch industry: wheat and corn gluten, corn feed, wheat feed, germs, hydrolysed proteins, etc. They are used in human or animal food. To send To print GROUP Profile Presentation Key figures Value chain Locations Our consumer brands Organization Cooperative model Organizational chart Governance The Directory The Supervisory Board Historical News ACTIVITIES Sectors Beet Cane Cereals Products & Sector of application Sugars Starches Alcohols Bioethanol Co-products Energy Research and development FINANCE Key figures Results and publications Regulated information COMMITMENTS CSR strategy Human ressources Local engagement Environment PRESS AREA Press Releases Media library CAREERS Our opportunities Our jobs Copyright 2010 Credits | Legal information | Contact |