Types of Dry Masa Flours

Masa flours designed especially for production of white and yellow table tortillas, restaurant-style tortilla chips, tortilla chips, com chips, and tamales (Chapter 16) are available. Some companies offer more than 25 different masa flours formulated to meet certain color, pH, particle-size distribution, water absorption, and viscosity requirements. In terms of particle-size distribution, three major classes of dry masa flours are recognized for table tortillas, for com chips, and for tortilla chips. Table tortillas are nsnally manufactured from fine flonrs, whereas com and tortilla chips 

FIGURE 9.4 Flowchart of the milling process for the production of dry masa flour. 

Average Particle-Size Distribution of Dry Masa Flours for Table Tortillas, Corn Chips, and Tortilla Chips 

Particle Table Tortilla Corn Chips Tortilla Chips 

Source Sema-Saldivar, S.O. et al. 1990. Chapter 4 in Advances in Cereal Science and Technology. Vol. X., Y. Pomeranz (ed.). American Association of Cereal Chemists, St. Paul, MN. 

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