Table 3.
Xanthophylls in DDGS samples obtained from various fuel ethanol production plants across the United States compared with a sample of yellow dent corn.
| Item | Xanthophylls, μg/kg dry matter |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutein | Zeaxanthin | ||
| DDGS sample | |||
| 1 | 873 | ND | 873 |
| 2 | 727 | ND | 727 |
| 3 | 565 | ND | 565 |
| 4 | 544 | 58 | 602 |
| 5 | 492 | 93 | 585 |
| 6 | 507 | 72 | 579 |
| 7 | 628 | 97 | 725 |
| 8 | 555 | 75 | 620 |
| 9 | 633 | 106 | 739 |
| 10 | 552 | 86 | 638 |
| 11 | 1,343 | 243 | 1,586 |
| 12 | 597 | 64 | 661 |
| 13 | 489 | 53 | 542 |
| 14 | 447 | ND | 447 |
| 15 | 609 | 99 | 708 |
| 16 | 474 | 88 | 562 |
| Mean ± SD | 627 ± 218 | 95 ± 50 | 697 ± 257 |
| Corn sample | 385 | 63 | 448 |
DDGS = distillers dried grains with solubles; ND = not detected.