The invention provides a method and system of processing a starchy
material that can advantageously produce ethanol, sugar syrup, or starch
as the chief products along with food-grade co-products such as, but not
limited to oil, protein, fiber, and gluten meal. The invention can apply
such a force to a starchy material that is at a superambient temperature
with a high shear processor to mill, mix, and gelatinize some of the
starch. A liquefaction enzyme can be introduced into the high shear
processor to liquefy the processed product. The moisture content of the
processed starchy material can be reduced, which preferably occurs in the
high shear processor. Some of the co-products such as the oil, protein,
fiber and gluten meal can be separated prior to the sugar syrup
purification or ethanol fermentation steps.