A novel enzymatic nixtamalization process for producing corn masa flour

Cereal Foods World

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 240-245

  Sahai, Deepak ^a   Jackson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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