Corn gluten meal (CGM) is one of the useful byproducts obtained from
the corn milling industry which has a variety of applications in the
industries such as the food and beverages and agriculture. Owing to
its high-protein content, corn gluten meal has been traditionally
used as supplement in the hog feed industry and typically doesn’t
contain gluten. Recently, it has been popularly used as a
cost-effective aquaculture feed, in making corn-based snack products,
and in various common food and feed products. In recent years, there
have been widespread interest in the usage of corn-gluten meal as a
pre-emergent herbicide due to its weed-inhibiting properties. There
is soaring popularity among agriculturists world over, especially in
developed nations, for exploring the application of CGM as an organic
alternative to common chemically-derived herbicides.
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The scope has been highly debated in recent years and several studies
and field trials in the U.S. majorly investigate the effectiveness of
corn gluten meal as natural pre-emergent herbicide in controlling a
variety of weeds and their superiority over chemical-based
pesticides. Typically containing 10% nitrogen by weight, corn gluten
meal released into the atmosphere over a period of three to four
months. It prevents seeds from forming roots during germinating, and
when already germinated, CGM can only act as a fertilizer for the
weeds. In addition, unarguably, corn gluten meal is not helpful in
providing post-emergent weed control. The timing of the application
is also critical. Moreover, the failure to apply an adequate weed
removal method prior to its application may actually act as
counter-effective by boosting the growth of the weed.
Corn gluten meal is a byproduct of corn milling process and is a
natural substitute for synthetic herbicides as it also prevents grass
and weed seeds from sprouting without hurting existing plant. It has
high value in pet food industry due to its natural high-protein
content, it is used in aquaculture feed too as it is cost-effective
than the fish meal. Corn gluten meal is a high source of
carbohydrates, iron, and phosphorus. One of the major use of corn
gluten meal is to add texture and taste to the product. Corn gluten
meal is produced in different forms like dry-loose, dry-pellets and
wet. Corn gluten meal contains 10% nitrogen by weight, which makes it
a good fertilizer for plants with well-established roots. Corn gluten
meal offers non-toxic weed and feed product which is more effective
than traditional or chemical based weed and feed product.
The corn
gluten meal market is primarily driven by the rise in demand
for corn based snack products as well as gluten free products. Where
current trend leads to continuous product innovation and development
in terms of ingredients and product variants which is essential for
the sustainability in the industry. Growing demand for the corn flour
by snacks manufacturers worldwide is also responsible for driving the
market growth. Due to long-term ecological effects of synthetic
chemicals consumers are shifting towards the natural weed and feed
control products which includes corn gluten meal. Also, in Ontario
pesticides are banned due to unnecessary risk to human health which
increased the demand for the corn gluten meal. One of the key driver
for the increase in demand for the corn gluten meal is use of ethanol
as a fuel is increasing worldwide which is obtained from corn gluten
meal.
Corn gluten meal can be segmented on the basis of its forms as,
unprocessed corn gluten meal, granulated corn gluten meal and
pelletized corn gluten meal. Unprocessed corn gluten meal have powder
structure and is applied directly on the plantings, granulated form
is a spreader which is mixed with water for use and pelletized can be
broadcast by hand.
Corn gluten meal is segmented on the basis of application as
herbicides in lawns for feed and weed purposes. Corn gluten meal is
used as animal/ pet feed and as taste enhancer. Also, it can be used
as animal or pet food as it is source of proteins, energy and
pigments. Corn gluten meal is typically used for poultry feed, cattle
feed, pig feed and aqua feeds.
Corn gluten meal is segmented on the basis of process as wet-milling
process and dry-milling process. Wet-milling process is done to
remove high value corn-oil and the remains are used as an animal
feed. It has high processing cost but can produce variety of
products. Dry-milling is less versatile and used in the ethanol
production process, the end product for this process is ethanol and
low-value animal feed.
Corn gluten meal market can be segmented on the basis of regions as,
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa and Latin
America. China is growing rapidly in the consumption of corn gluten
meal using it as a crap feed, also China is largest producer of corn
gluten meal as it owns large corn starch processing sector.
Corn gluten meal market is dominated by the some of the key players
like Cargill, Ingredion Incorporated, A.D.M. Engineering, Tate &
Lyle plc., Sodrugestvo Group S.a., Agridient Inc., Pawar Agro
Industries, Paramesu Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Meihua Holdings Group Co.,
Ltd., Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Developing Co. Ltd., Zhucheng Dongxiao
Biotechnology Co. Ltd. etc. among others.
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