Milling and processing parameters for corn tortillas from extruded instant dry massa flour

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 338-341

  Arambula V G ^b,c,d   Figueroa, J D C ^a   Martinez Bustos F ^a   Ordorica, F C A ^b   Gonzalez Hernandez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NAYARIT   (Mexico)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Corn flour; Corn tortillas; Extrusion; Milling

Indexed keywords

NEPTUNIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031796447     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1998.tb15737.x     Document Type: Article

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