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The company’s mission is to develop and market new biodegradable products in the food, nutraceutical, and plastics marketplace. The technology involves extracting a solvent soluble protein (zein) from corn prior to fermentation in a dry grind ethanol plant. This protein has been the subject in over 3200 patents since 1976 and has the potential to become many things such as: biodegradable plastic, food and paper coatings, chewing gum base, biodegradable textile fiber, pharmaceutical encapsulation for time release medicines and much more. The company will develop alliances with ethanol companies and end users to create and develop new uses from corn byproducts produced by ethanol plants.

Prairie Gold, a “for profit” corporation was created by the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) with assistance from the Illinois Corn Marketing Board (ICMB). ICMB has funded the development of this new technology since 1989 and made it possible for Prairie Gold to license and commercialize the technology.

Prairie Gold’s team of people has more than 13 years of experience in the ethanol industry and 12 years in the vegetable protein and oil processing business. Its technology is being enhanced by a world renowned membrane and food scientist and by an ethanol engineering company with operating ethanol plants worldwide.

For further information about Prairie Gold contact its President, Philip Shane, at the address listed above.