When you see lime as an ingredient in cornmeal is it the fruit lime or another sort of lime like limestone ?

Question

Okay I need more answeres cause these are all saying something different! Which is right?

Answer 1

Sort of true, the lime is used in the soaking of the cormeal to remove the husks, so when grinding the corn into meal or flour it removes the outer shell.

It is a type of industrail lime, calcium carbonate, silate or bromate, this just softens it in a water solution, smoetime in Mexico they will use lye, but it is to caustic.

Answer 2

Did you run to the dictionary???
It is on the Yahoo Toolbar UP there ^
it is called - Reference - Dictionary..
It is not the fruit..!

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lime n.
lime n.
lime n.
limes n.
chlorinated lime n.
kaffir lime n.
Key lime n.
slaked lime n.
soda lime n.
Spanish lime n.
chloride of lime n.
limeade n.
limekiln n.
limelight n.
limen n.
limerick n.
limestone n.
limewater n.
limey n.

Answer 3

yes it is the fruit lime! Limestone is calcium oxide used in construction and building!

Answer 4

It is limestone (ground up calcium carbonate).