Biotech Updates

Ethanol Byproducts Now in Pellet Form

June 29, 2007

Scientists and cooperators at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have discovered a way to pelletize one hundred percent of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) without adding a binding agent or anything else. The researchers have turned DDGS from corn-based ethanol production into high-quality pellets using processing equipment at a commercial feed mill. The heating used in pelletizing did not harm the high-protein, low-starch nutrient content. DDGS is primarily used as livestock feed. Pelletizing hopes to prevent DDGS deterioration during shipping and storage.

Read the news article at http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2007/070625.htm.