Biorefinery strategies for upgrading Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS)

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Chatzifragkou, A., Kosik, O., Prabhakumari, P. C., Lovegrove, A., Frazier, R. A., Shewry, P. R. and Charalampopoulos, D. 2015. Biorefinery strategies for upgrading Distillers' Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS). Process Biochemistry. 50 (12), pp. 2194-2207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2015.09.005

AuthorsChatzifragkou, A., Kosik, O., Prabhakumari, P. C., Lovegrove, A., Frazier, R. A., Shewry, P. R. and Charalampopoulos, D.
Abstract

Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) is the major by-product of bioethanol and distillery plants. Due to its high content of proteins, water-soluble vitamins and minerals, DDGS has been long marketed as animal feed for livestock. EU legislation on liquid biofuels could raise the demand on bioethanol production in Europe, with a resulting increase in DDGS availability. DDGS contains a spectrum of complex organic macromolecules, particularly polysaccharides, in addition to proteins and vitamins, and its use as a starting raw material within a biomass-based biorefining strategy could lead to the development of multi-stream processes for the production of commodities, platform molecules or speciality chemicals, with concomitant economic benefits and waste reduction for bioethanol plants. The present review aims to outline the compositional characteristics of DDGS and evaluate its potential utilisation as a starting material for the production of added-value products. Parameters of influence on the chemical and physical characteristics of DDGS are discussed. Moreover, various pre-treatment strategies are outlined in terms of efficient DDGS fractionation into several added value streams. Additional processing steps for the production of medium and high added value compounds from DDGS are evaluated and their potential applications in the food and chemical industry sector are identified.

KeywordsDDGS; Pre-treatment; Biorefinery; Added-value products; Bioethanol
Year of Publication2015
JournalProcess Biochemistry
Journal citation50 (12), pp. 2194-2207
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2015.09.005
Open accessPublished as non-open access
FunderBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeDesigning Seeds for Nutrition and Health (DS)
Design Cereal Seeds [Shewry/Mitchell]
Development of a process scheme for the production of high value functional products from DDGS
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Online07 Sep 2015
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Accepted03 Sep 2015
ISSN1359-5113
PublisherElsevier Sci Ltd

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