Insight provides an in-depth look at health care issues in and affecting California. Have a story suggestion? Let us know. Two years after the Food and Drug Administration allowed manufacturers to add ...

Large manufacturers must add folic acid to corn masa flour starting in 2026, part of the passing of AB1830, small producers are exempt. Freshly made tortillas — a beloved staple on so many family ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Folic acid is about to be introduced in corn masa flour as an essential ingredient in California thanks to a new bill proposed by a Fresno-area assemblymember.

Foods made with corn masa flour — like tortillas, tacos and tamales — could soon play a critical role in the health of babies born to Latina mothers in the U.S. That's because, as of today, the U.S.

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved folic acid fortification in corn masa flour, a flour derived from dried corn kernels and used to make corn tortillas and tamales. Folic acid, ...

Kneeling on the tile of the People’s Kitchen in South Philadelphia, Carmen Guerrero leaned her whole body into the stone. This is how she had learned to make corn masa for tortillas with her mother in ...

Devoted foodies and restaurant newbies love The Feed. Sign-up now for our twice weekly newsletter. Does a single summer crop inspire more excitement than corn? It’s a staple of the family cookout, a ...

Kneeling on the tile of the People’s Kitchen in South Philadelphia, Carmen Guerrero leaned her whole body into the stone. This is how she had learned to make corn masa for tortillas with her mother in ...

I’m sitting on the sidewalk patio of a café in Brooklyn, trying to decide which to dive into first: tetelas, tlacoyo, or tlayudita? Tlayudita wins. The oversize corn-tortilla-ish disk, made from ...

This cornerstone of Mexican cuisine infuses so many dishes with depth and verve. The chef Fermín Núñez of Suerte, in Austin, Texas, considers masa, the main ingredient in tortillas, gorditas and more, ...

Two years after the Food and Drug Administration allowed manufacturers to add folic acid — a crucial B vitamin that prevents terrible birth defects — to their corn flour, very few have done so. A new ...