USING STEAMINSTEAD OF COOKING IN WATER

摘要

Ninety percent less water, no investment in wastewater treatment, higher yield, lower maintenance and a high degree of automation: the new Buhler process for manufacturing nixtamal corn flour for tortillas and tortilla chips meets the highest expectations.Tortillas and tortilla chips made from nixtamal corn flour are a firm feature on the menu in all Central American countries. Already the Aztecs made and ate corn tortillas. It is hard to imagine the American cuisine nowadays without them. In North and Central America, more than 13 million tonnes of corn are processed each year to produce nixtamal corn flour.