ABSTRACT
The starch is the main product of a maize processing unit, which is consumed in various other industries like food, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper, restaurants, etc. The flaked grain is either roasted for manufacture of corn flakes, breakfast cereal or fried to manufacture corn flakes served as snack foods. The process of wet milling takes the corn grain and steeps it in a dilute combination of sulphuric acid and water for 24 to 48 hours in order to separate the grain into many components. The initial assumption that biofuels were good for the environment because they had a smaller carbon foot print is in debate because it is possible that the production of grain alcohol and therefore E85, may actually have a greater environmental impact than fossil fuel. The size, shape and appearance of the grain, influence the marketability of any food commodity.
