Poet introduces new ethanol co-product

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by Tom Stundza -- Purchasing, 10/21/2009 12:36:35 PM

Plan is to enter plastics, film, coatings markets

Poet, the nation's largest ethanol producer, is introducing a co-product that can be used as a gum base or in films, packaging, adhesives, coatings and glazes. Inviz is Poet's brand name for zein, a biodegradable, low-nutrient protein derived from corn-based distillers' grains.

The Sioux Falls, S.D-based company says in a release that zein is colorless, odorless, tasteless and edible and can replace petroleum-based ingredients in household products ranging from pill and food coatings to plastic packaging.

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