Glossary > Feed Ingredients > CORN GLUTEN

Corn Gluten Feed is that part of commercial shelled corn that remains after the extraction of the larger portion of the starch, gluten and germ by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup.

Generally, corn gluten feed will contain:
· crude protein level of 21-22 percent;
· crude fat, 1-2.5 percent;
· crude fibre, 8-10 percent.

Corn Gluten Meal is the dried residue from corn after the larger part of the starch and germ have been removed and the bran separated by the process employed in the wet milling manufacture of corn starch or syrup, or by enzymatic treatment of the endosperm.

Corn gluten meal may contain fermented corn extractives and/or corn germ meal.
· crude protein level, from 41-43 percent;
· crude fat, 1-3 percent; crude fibre,
· 4-6 percent;
· xanthophyll, 140-220 mg/kg.