Dried distillers grains minerals

By-Products. After the removal of alcohol, the fermentation residues are processed to produce distillers grains. These residues consist of proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and fiber that are concentrated threefold by removal of the starch. Distillers grains are usually divided into one of four groups including distillers dry grains (DDG), distillers dry solubles (DDS), distillers dry grains with solubles (DDG/S), and condensed distillers solubles (CDS). 

Table 1 shows the nutritional and mineral analysis of distiller s dried grains and solubles (DDs) from both whole-corn and G/F minus com fermentations. Most significant are a 23% increase in protein concentration, a 58.5% decrease in neutral detergent fiber, a 45.5% decrease in fat, overall increases in net energy, and a 60.7% decrease in phosphorus. 

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