Hominy maize

Table 4.1.13A. Hominy feed (IFN 4-03-011). A mixture of maize bran, maize germ and part...

The Cuzco maize comes from eight-rowed ears that produce the largest known kernels. Cuzco corn grows at high altitudes and produces white kernels with a soft endosperm texture and bland flavor. Cuzco corn is mainly used to manufacture Cornnuts and Cacahuacintle kernels for hominy and pozole production (Chapter 16). 

Dry-millers process maize in two ways by stone grinding the kernels to produce hominy grits and full-fat whole meals, and by the tempering-degerming or TD process (Figure 7.3). The latter process is the one most commonly practiced by the industry and produces highly refined grits, meals, and flours with extended shelf life. 

From maize dry milling (Chapter 7) is obtained bran, germ, and a product commonly known as hominy feed. The bran is considered as a fiber by-product, and is... 

Compare the characteristics and feeding of each of the following cereal byproducts wheat bran, wheat middlings, wheat shorts, hominy feed, maize gluten, rice polishing, rice hulls, and dry distilled grains. 

Hominy feed A mixture of bran, germ, and part of the starchy endosperm obtained as a by-product of the maize dry-milling industry. It is usually used as livestock feed for both monogastrics and ruminants. 

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