Argentina outlook for corn milling: From polenta and corn flakes to high fructose sweeteners and ethanol
Maize (Corn)
Argentina
Published Mar 12, 2021
Tridge summary
In 2020/21 wet milling would reach a new record while dry milling would remain constant. In bioethanol, despite the low price, a productive recovery is expected as a higher consumption of gasoline becomes effective and the mandatory cut is maintained
Original content
Dry and wet grinding. Characterization and perspectives First, it is necessary to highlight which products are obtained by the two different types of milling. On the one hand, from dry grinding, corn flour (polenta), semolina and certain pieces for making flakes (corn flakes) are obtained. In general, these products are used within the food industry to produce sandwiches, cookies, cereals and etc. On the other hand, wet milling of corn is used to produce, among other products, caloric sweeteners, starches, high fructose corn syrups and glucose syrup, and gluten meal and gluten feed. These by-products can be used as forage or supplementation in animal nutrition. According to data provided by JJ Hinrichsen on corn milling as of December 2019, the theoretical wet milling capacity in Argentina is approximately 4,400 tons per day (just over 1.5 Mt per year) concentrated in seven companies. Given the technical characteristics of the wet corn milling process, economies of scale play a ...
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