Whole Yellow Corn
Technical Sheet
- Impurities: Maximum 2.0% – 3.0%.
- Heat damage: Maximum 1.5% – 3.5%.
- Total damage: Maximum 5.0% – 10.0%.
- Broken grains: Maximum 3.0% – 4.0%.
- Nixtamal moisture: 36-42%.
- Grain hardness (flotation %): 40%.
- Remaining pericarp: Greater than 2.
- Alkaline solution removal method: Scale value 1-5.
- Dry matter loss: 5%
- Solids in nejayote water: Maximum 5%
- Hardness index and nixtamalization times:
- Very hard: 45 minutes.
- Hard: 40 minutes.
- Intermediate: 35 minutes.
- Soft: 30 minutes.
- Very Soft: 25 minutes.
- Minimum reflectance: 70% to qualify as suitable white corn.
