This plant now supplies
Starch and Glucose mainly to KSA but also
to GCC and other countries in the Middle
East as well as Africa. The starch is used
in the food industry and also industrial
grade starch is supplied to paper, corrugating
and gypsum industries. Various grades of
glucose syrup are manufactured to cater
for confectionery, baking and beverage
industries as well as industrial grade
as ingredient for building materials.
The plant also produces co-products which are used in the company’s adjacent
feed mill as high quality feed ingredients.
NOW YOU CAN GET
STARCH POWDER AND GLUCOSE SYRUP LOCALLY AND
FROM CERTIFIED NON GMO CORN FOR
INCLUSION IN FOOD.
There are future plans to increase the
range of products which would require
further expansion of the plant.
Technology
ARASCO Starch and Glucose
Plant uses a modern and highly automated
version of the corn wet milling technology.
The plant consists of two major parts.
In the first part, starch, that constitutes
about 70% of corn, is extracted and purified
from corn germs, fibers, and gluten (corn
protein) and finally dried. In the second
part, 50% of extracted starch slurry is
converted into various kinds of glucose
syrups using advanced and flexible acid
and acid-enzyme hydrolysis technologies.
The plant contains a modern quality control laboratory equipped with
advanced chemical and biological analysis instruments to ensure compliance
with Saudi Standards Organization (SASO) and standards set by the A.C.R.A.
(American Corn Refiners Association) and customer requirements.
Products and Capacity
The plant is capable of grinding 90,000
tons of corn per year to yield the following
products:
| |
Product |
Production
Rate
(tons/year) |
Main Areas of
Use |
Main
Products |
Native
Corn Starch |
30,000 |
Widely used in the
food and paper industries. |
Glucose
Syrups |
30,000 |
A basic ingredient
in the food industry. |
Co-Products |
Corn
Germs |
5,900 |
In the production
of corn oil or as a
high quality fat source feed ingredient. |
Gluten
Feed
(Fibers + Steep Water) |
16,100 |
A good fiber and protein
source feed ingredient.
Excellent for lactating cows as-is. |
Gluten
Meal |
4,200 |
High quality protein
source feed ingredient. |
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