NALT

Preferred term

nixtamalization

Topic

Nixtamalization involves cooking and steeping corn in a lime solution, then washing and grinding the corn to form masa, a dough used to make tortillas, taco shells, corn chips, etc.

food processing

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Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

25436

Spanish

nixtamalización

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/6414

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 11/30/12