Corn alkaline cooking properties related to grain characteristics and viscosity (RVA)

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 516-519

  Almeida Dominguez, H D ^a   Suhendro, E L ^a   Rooney, L W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkaline cooking; Corn hardness; Maize quality; Pasting characteristics; Tortillas

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1842410167     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb04419.x     Document Type: Article

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