Maize flour (Corn flour) is high in nutrients and having an extended shelf-life. Corn flour or Maize flour also known as Makai Flour in India is made from dried corn which has been slaked. After the corn is soaked in the lime solution is it washed and the exterior hulls removed. The damp corn is then ground into fine flour. Corn flour comes in yellow and white and is used for breading and in combination with other flours in baked goods. Corn flour is milled from the whole kernel, while cornstarch is obtained from the endosperm portion of the kernel. White corn flour is used as a filler, binder and thickener in cookie, pastry and meat industries.

Maize flour (Corn flour) is high in nutrients and having an extended shelf-life. Corn flour or Maize flour also known as Makai Flour in India is made from dried corn which has been slaked. After the corn is soaked in the lime solution is it washed and the exterior hulls removed. The damp corn is then ground into fine flour. Corn flour comes in yellow and white and is used for breading and in combination with other flours in baked goods. Corn flour is milled from the whole kernel, while cornstarch is obtained from the endosperm portion of the kernel. White corn flour is used as a filler, binder and thickener in cookie, pastry and meat industries.