FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2005, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 87-91.

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Study on Properties of Maize Supper-tiny Powders of Different Sizes

 XIAO  An-Hong, PAN  Cong-Dao, WANG  Shang-Yu, ZHANG  Shi-Hong, HE  Dong-Ping   

  1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Wuhan Polytechnic University
  • Online:2005-04-15 Published:2011-09-19

Abstract: It was known that 97% maize supper-tiny powders could pass through 140 mesh, but the content of protein and amylose would decroease down, and the content of starch and ash would increase up. Their rheology properties changed and were similar to that of the wheat flour, when the maize particles size because even smaller, the maize particles were gelatinized easily and their rcovery property became difficult.

Key words: maize supper-tiny powder, granularity, properties