Table 5.

Proximal analysis of vitamin and mineral content of white corn, flour, meal, and alkali-processed masa, unenriched and enriched

				Corn flour,	Cornmeal,	Cornmeal,	Corn flour,	Corn flour,	Precooked	Precooked
			Corn flour,	degermed,	degermed,	degermed,	masa,	masa,	corn flour,	corn flour,
	Unit/100g	Corn	whole grain	unenriched	unenriched	enriched	unenriched	enriched	unenriched	enriched
Water	g	10.4	10.9		11.2	11.2	9.0	9.0	11.2	11.2
Energy (Kcal)	Kcal	365	361		370	370	365	365	354	354
Energy (KJ)	KJ	1527	1510		1547	1547	1528	1528
Protein (N×6.25)	g	9.4	6.9		7.1	7.1	9.3	9.3	7.2	7.2
Total lipids	g	4.7	3.9		1.8	1.8	3.9	3.9	1.1	1.1
Ash	g	1.2	1.5		0.5	0.5	1.5	1.5	0.3	0.3
Carbohydrates	g	74.3	76.9		79.5	79.5	76.3	76.3	80.2	80.2
Total fiber	g		7.3		3.9	3.9	6.4	6.4	2.5	2.5
Sugars, total	g		0.6		1.6	1.6	1.6	1.6
Starch	g				73.3	73.3	66	66
Thiamin	mg	0.39	0.25	0.07	0.14	0.55	0.22	1.48	0.06	0.31
Riboflavin	mg	0.20	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.38	0.1	0.81	0.05	0.25
Niacin	mg	3.63	1.9	2.66	1	4.97	1.63	9.93	0.6	5.1
Pantothenic acid	mg	0.42	0.66	0.05	0.24	0.24	0.19	0.19
Vitamin B6	mg	0.62	0.37	0.1	0.18	0.18	0.48	0.48
Folate, total	μg		25	48	30	209	2.9	209
Folic acid	μg		0	0	0	180	0	180
Folate, food	μg		25	48	30	30	2.9	2.9
Folate, FDE	μg		25	48	30	335	2.9	335
Choline	mg		21.6		8.6	8.6	8.6	8.6
Calcium, Ca	mg	7	7	2	3	3	136	136	12	12
Iron, Fe	mg	2.7	2.4	0.9	1.1	4.4	1.5	7.5	0.9	5.0
Magnesium, Mg	mg	127	93	18	32	32	93	93
Phosphorus, P	mg	210	272	60	99	99	214	214	64	64
Potassium, K	mg	287	315	90	142	142	263	263
Sodium, Na	mg	35	5	1	7	7	5	5
Zinc, Zn	mg	2.2	1.7	0.4	0.7	0.7	1.8	1.8
Copper, Cu	mg	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Manganese, Mn	mg	0.5	0.5	0.06	0.2	0.2	0.4	0.4
Selenium, Se	μg	15	15.4	8	10.5	10.5	14	14
Vitamin A	RE									270

Note: Data from U.S. Department of Agriculture¹¹ and the Flour Fortification Initiative.³⁵