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Corn refiners use shelled corn which has been stripped from the cob during harvesting. Refiners separate the corn into its components -- starch, oil, protein and fiber -- and convert them into higher value products.

Corn sweeteners are the most important refined corn products. Last year, corn sweeteners supplied more than 56 percent of the U.S. nutritive sweetener market.

The second major refined corn product is Ethanol, which is gaining increasing acceptance as a cleaner burning option for motor fuels.

The third major corn product -- a mainstay of the industry and of the U.S. economy -- is Starch. Americans rely on corn refiners for over 90 percent of their starch needs.

Corn refining is America's premier Bioproducts industry, with increasingproduction of amino acids, antibiotics and degradable plastics adding further value to the U.S. corn crop.

In addition to starches, sweeteners and ethanol -- all made from the starch portion of the corn -- refiners produce Corn oil and a variety of important Feed products

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