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Corn Masa Flour
Corn Masa Flour
Also known as: masa, masa flour, nixtamalized corn flour
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Whole-grain-derived flour from a traditional process (nixtamalization) that increases bioavailable niacin and calcium. whole foods are classified none unless allergen-significant.
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933 products
What it is
Flour made from dried nixtamalized corn (corn cooked and steeped in alkaline lime water, then ground).
Base for tortillas, tamales, pupusas, and other traditional Latin American foods.
What regulators actually say
"Flour, white flour, wheat flour, plain flour is the food prepared by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat..."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Permitted; FDA approved voluntary folic acid fortification of corn masa flour in 2016.
European Union — EFSA
Whole-food-derived flour.
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