US 12,232,512 B2
Methods for improving the amino acid content of animal feed products
Jaclyn Diana Demartini, Palo Alto, CA (US); Bradley R. Kelemen, Palo Alto, CA (US); and Michael J. Pepsin, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to DANISCO US INC., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/615,130
Filed by DANISCO US INC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/036444
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/247834, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/857,624, filed on Jun. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232855 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A23K 10/14 (2016.01); A23K 10/38 (2016.01)
CPC A23K 10/14 (2016.05) [A23K 10/38 (2016.05)] 13 Claims
 
1. A method for reducing the degradation of amino acids in a dried post-fermentation product from a dry-grind ethanol production facility, comprising contacting a wet post-fermentation product comprising residual reducing sugars and amino acids with an enzyme capable of oxidizing the residual sugars and catalase, thereby reducing degradation of the amino acids via the Maillard reaction during a subsequent heating step to produce a heat-applied post-fermentation product.