Comparing traditional and commercial nixtamalization of three maize landraces: impact on pozole quality and consumer acceptance

Table 5 Overall acceptability of flowered grains of maize landraces, by consumer group

Landrace	Acceptability after centering the assessors
Group 1 (n = 51)
Cacahuacintle	1.529 ± 0.174 a
Ancho	0.667 ± 0.174 b
Elotes Occidentales	0.333 ± 0.174 b
Commercial Cacahuacintle	-2.529 ± 0.174 c
Group 2 (n = 49)
Cacahuacintle	0.684 ± 0.168 a
Ancho	0.520 ± 0.168 a
Elotes Occidentales	-0.602 ± 0.168 b
Commercial Cacahuacintle	-0.602 ± 0.168 b

Different letters in the same column indicate statistically significant differences (Tukey, 0.05)

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