Development of laboratory techniques to mimic industrial-scale nixtamalization

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-701

  Yglesias, Roxana ^a   Parkhurst, Anne M ^a   Jackson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABORATORIES; LIME; SHEAR THINNING;

CONDITION; DIGITAL TEMPERATURE; GAS-FIRED; HOT PLATES; INDUSTRIAL SCALE; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; LARGE-SCALES; NIXTAMALIZATION; PEAK TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

PILOT PLANTS;

TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 27744492283     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CC-82-0695     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. AACC International. 2000. Approved Methods of the American Association of Cereal Chemists, 10th Ed. Method 44-15A. The Association: St. Paul, MN.
2. Almeida-Dominguez, H. D., Suhendro, E. L., and Rooney, L. W. 1997. Corn alkaline cooking properties related to grain characteristics and viscosity (RVA). J. Food Sci. 62:516-523.
3. Draper, N., and Smith, H. 1998. Applied Regression Analysis. 3rd Ed. John Wiley and Sons: New York.
4. Gomez, M. H., Waniska, R. D., and Rooney, L. W. 1991. Starch characterization of nixtamalized corn flour. Cereal Chem. 68:578-582.
5. Krueger, B. R., Knutson, C. A., Inglet, G. E., and Walker, C. E. 1987. A differential scanning calorimetry study on the effect of annealing on gelatinization behavior of corn starch. J. Food Sci. 52:715-718.
6. Peplinski, A. J., Paulsen, M. R., Anderson, R. A., and Kwolek, W. F. 1989. Physical, chemical and dry-milling characteristics of com hybrids from various genotypes. Cereal Chem. 66:117-120.
7. Pflugfelder, R. L., Rooney, L. W., and Waniska, R. D. 1988. Dry matter losses in commercial corn masa production. Cereal Chem. 65:127-132.
8. Pomeranz, Y., Czuchajowska, Z., and Lai, F. S. 1986. Comparison of methods for determination of hardness and breakage susceptibility of commercially dried corn. Cereal Chem. 63:39.
9. Reichert, R. D., Tyler, R. T., York, A. E., Schwab, D. J., Tatarynovich, J. E., and Mwasaru, M. A. 1986. Description of a production model of the tangential abrasive dehulling device and its application to breeders' samples. Cereal Chem. 63:201-207.
10. Robles, R. R., Murray, E. D., and Paredes-Lopez, O. 1988. Physiochemical changes of maize starch during the lime-cooking treatment for tortilla making. Int. J. Food Sci. Technol. 23:1-98.
11. Sahai, D., and Jackson, D. S. 1999. Enthalpic transitions in native starch granules. Cereal Chem. 76:444-448.
12. Sahai, D., Mua, J. P., Surjewan, I., Buendia, M. O., Rowe, M., and Jackson, D. S. 1999. Assessing degree of cook during corn nixtamalization: Impact of processing variables. Cereal Chem. 76:850-856.
13. Sahai, D., Mua, J. P., Surjewan, I., Buendia, M. O., Rowe, M., and Jackson, D. S. 2000. Dry matter loss during nixtamalization of a white corn hybrid: Impact of processing parameters. Cereal Chem. 77:254-258.
14. Sahai, D., Mua, J. P., Surjewan, I., Buendia, M. O., Rowe, M., and Jackson, D. S. 2001. Alkaline processing (nixtamalization) of white Mexican corn hybrids for tortilla production: Significance of corn physiochemical characteristics and process conditions. Cereal Chem. 78:116-120.
15. Serna-Saldivar, S. O., Almeida-Dominguez, H. D., Gomez, M. H., Bockholt, A. J., and Rooney, L. W. 1991. A method to evaluate ease of pericarp removal of lime cooked corn kernels. Crop Sci. 31:842.
16. Serna-Saldivar, S. O., Gomez, M. H., Almeida-Dominguez, H. D., Islas-Rubio, A., and Rooney, L. W. 1993. A method to evaluate the lime cooking properties of corn (Zea mays). Cereal Chem. 70:762-764.
17. Suhendro, E. L., McDonough, C. M., Rooney, L. W., Waniska, R. D., and Yetneberk, S. 1998. Effects of processing conditions and sorghum cultivar on alkaline-processed snacks. Cereal Chem. 75:187-193.
18. Whalen, P. J. 1999. Measuring process effects in ready-to-eat breakfast cereals. Cereal Foods World 44:407-412.
19. Wichser, W. R. 1961. The world of corn processing. Am. Miller Process. April:29-32.