Commercial evaluation of a continuous micronutrient fortification process for nixtamal tortillas

Cereal Chemistry

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 746-752

  Dunn, Michael L ^a   Serna Saldivar, Sergio O ^b   Sanchez Hernandez, Diana ^b   Griffin, Robert W ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^c RW Griffin and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC ACIDS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; COMMERCIAL POWDERS; CORN TORTILLAS; FOLIC ACIDS; GOOD STABILITY; ME-XICO;

NUTRIENTS;

TETRAGASTRIS BALSAMIFERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57449087323     PISSN: 00090352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/CCHEM-85-6-0746     Document Type: Article

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