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From One Bushel of Corn

A typical bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds/25.4 kilograms and contains 72,800 kernels.

Most of the weight is the starch, oil, protein & fibre with some natural moisture.


What can be extracted from a bushel of corn?
  32 lbs/14.53 kg of starch / 32 regular 500 gram boxes
OR 33 lbs / 14.97 kg of sweetener
OR 2.5 gal / 11.37 litres of fuel ethanol
AND 11.4 lbs / 5.17 kg of Gluten Feed* Source: Corn industry sources
AND 3 lbs / 1.36 kg of Gluten Meal** *  20% Gluten Feed
AND 1.6 lbs or a 700 ml bottle of Corn Oil ** 60% Gluten Meal