bran 102 which softened bran 102 leaves the milling chamber through the perforations in the screen 412 a quantity of bran 102 remains attached to the corn kernel 100 after the polishing step the remaining bran 102 is usually attached to the pointed end of the germ 104 the amount of bran 102 left on the germ 104 can be controlled and may be varied in relation to the desired end product from the processing a controlled amount of bran still attached to the germ 104 is desired to assist in frictional removal of the germ 104 from the endosperm 106 and to increase the moisture content of the finished product germ 104 with a small percentage of bran 102 the processor can use the amount of bran 102 left on the germ 104 to control the process and the finished product polishing machines come in various configurations a suitable commercially practiced polishing machine 400 is manufactured by satake usa and identified as a mist polisher the typical polishing machine segregates the bran 102 from the remaining parts of kernel 100 if a polishing machine is configured not to segregate the separated components an independent separation procedure may be accomplished subsequently in the process the bran 102 consists of a number of layers individual layers not shown the layers have differing properties and the potential for differing uses the different layers of the bran 102 also absorb moisture at different rates the present process allows for bran 102 removal to be done selectively by layer through one.