The Amazing Corn Syrup!
What It Is, The Common Use, How it's Made, and More!
What Is It?
The Common Use?
How Is It Made?
There are 6 steps, and they are: Inspecting and Cleaning, Steeping, Germ Separation, Fine Grinding and Screening, Starch Separation, and finally the Syrup Conversion. When Inspecting and Cleaning, you are removing debris. With Steeping, cleaned corn kernels soak for 30 to 40 hours in stainless steel tanks is taking place. The soaking medium consists of a 0.1 percent solution of sulfur dioxide in water, kept at 50 degrees Celsius. During this time, the kernels swell to more than twice their original size, and they loose their glutton bonds. During Germ Separation, cyclone separators separate the germ from the slurry. During the Fine Grinding, and Screening, a series of screens hold the fiber while the starch and gluten move on in a form called mill starch. Starch Separation basically speaks for itself. And the final step being the Syrup Conversion, refiners add acid and/or enzymes to a suspension of starch and water.