FE 401 FOOD TECHNOLOGY

CORN OIL PRODUCTION

BUKET KOŞAR

NURBANU TANIŞ

SAMYELİ HARBİYECİ

SELİN GÜLEÇ

HATİCE ERDOĞAN

SUPERVISOR: PROF. DR. FAHRETTİN GÖĞÜŞ

HISTORY

Corn, Zea mays L., a plant belonging to the grass family, is native to both North an South America.

It was the staple grain of the Indians for centuries before Europeans reached the New World.

In 1889, Theadere and Benjamin Hudnut made a machine which extracts the corn oil from corn germ.

Industrial Uses of Corn

Human food

Animal feed

Starch production

Glucose syrup production

Oil production

Flour production

Alcohol and whiskey production

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