RiceBran Technologies (RIBT)

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The use of rice bran in the fermentation processes in the creation of biofuels are other unique opportunity areas for Nutracea. The use of rice bran in place of more costly nitrogen and micronutrients as the feed start material for microbial growth used in the production of bioethanol has significant efficiency and economic advantages.

Bran material can also be used as a source of nitrogen and micronutrients in microbial bioreactors used in the production of enzymes, therapeutic proteins, organic acids, antibiotics and other pharmaceutical compounds.

Both raw rice bran and defatted rice bran are excellent sources of nitrogen for these processes
and can effectively replace typical nutrient sources, such as yeast extract, in the fermentation medium.

Both RB and DRB yielded significantly higher ethanol concentration compared to YE. This suggests that in those bioprocesses using synthetic glucose to produce high purity products, such as in biopharmaceuticals and specialty industry chemicals, RB or DRB can serve as effective nutrient sources to alleviate downstream processing cost.