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Originally Posted by gpsman1
It's not all about being palatable. It's about being fit for humans.
Would you eat corn with mold or fungus? No. But you can make ethanol with it, and ethanol plants buy damaged corn when they can because it is cheaper.
Would you eat corn that was irrigated with grey water, brown water, recycled water, or sewer water? No. But you can grow corn with this sewer water or unfiltered swamp water and use the corn for ethanol. I don't think the U.S.D.A. allows you to grow food with pig urine. But hey, it's high in nitrogen, and corn will grow off it. You can make ethanol with that unfit for humans corn.
Hey, I'm all for it. That would be a cash cow. Didn't you ever hear of CRV? California Redemption Value? 5 cents a bottle baby, 5 cents a bottle...
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"Broken corn, damaged corn, low test weight and the presence of mycotoxins all have
some influence on the process or end products. Though broken corn is not a major
concern for ethanol production, mold damage can have a considerable effect on ethanol
yield. Low test weight also is considered to reduce ethanol yield because the kernels are not as densely packed with starch." Sourcing Corn for Ethanol: Impacts on Local Processing, Iowa State University Extension, Nov 2006
As the density of the corn mass is decreased, all the remaining nutrients are concentrated, including protein, and fats. Not much in the way of sugars, I should think. But any molds could affect the sugar content.