PROCESS FOR DEEP THERMAL TREATMENT OF CORN, FOR HIGH-YIELD PRODUCTION OF WHOLE NIXTAMAL (BOILED CORN) AND REACTOR FOR OBTAINING THE NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR THE PROCESS
The present invention refers to a new, different cooking process of products to be nixtamalized, for instance, corn, as well as a specially designed reactor to be used in the deep thermal treatment. Essentially, the process comprises the loading of a mixture of product to be nixtamalized and water into the container； shaking of the mixture by air injection from an air compressor； separation of floating residues and discharge of wastewater； introduction of hot and clean water into the container and the addition of lime, thus creating a product-water-lime mixture； stirring of the product-water-lime mixture by injecting air from the air compressor； igniting the burner until a target temperature is obtained in the reactor container； and turn off the burner and conditioning of moisture inside the reactor container for a determined period of time where prior to the end of the determined period of time it is proceeded to shake the cooked product-water-lime mixture by air injection from the air compressor.
