A US researcher is studying the causes of staling in aging tortillas with the hope of giving wheat tortillas a longer shelf life.
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Chemist George Lookhart, from the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, aims to one day stall the everyday occurrence of staling.
Lookhart has already recently developed a test that can determine whether a particular wheat flour will yield the ideal tortilla, which he believes is about two millimetres thick and evenly opaque, with a shelf life of at least three weeks.
His research and the new testing method could eventually help the tortilla industry and breeders develop wheat varieties ideally suited for tortilla production.
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