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Show What is Glucose? - The establishment of several factories and the great profits in its production lead to this inquiry. The cost of a factory may be anywhere from $10,000 to $300,000. One costing $100,000 should use 1,000 bushels of corn a day, and the production of glucose should be simply enormous, for the greater portion of the corn is saved. There is no process by which glucose and starch may both be obtained, but either may be, although there is greater weight of refuse in starch making than in glucose making. The process of making glucose is to grind the corn and soak it in pure water. It is then passed through rollers to extract all the moisture and starch. The extract is then boiled, and after it is purified it becomes according to the treatment, either a syrup or glucose - a hard, waxy substance nearly as sweet as sugar. The refuse corn is sold for feed. - Rural New Yorker. |