500g Fresh Canned Sweet Kernel Corn China Whole Kernel Sweet Corn

Corn is an annual herb. Stems stout, erect, 1 to 4 meters high, with pith between nodes, and aerial roots at each node at the base. The leaves are long, flat, sword-shaped or lanceolate, with acuminate apex, wavy and wrinkled edges, and a strong midrib. Male panicle terminal, male spikelets twins, 1 cm long, containing 2 florets; two glumes almost equal in length, membranous, raised on the back, with 9-10 veins; both lemma and inner palea are hyaline membranous, several grades Longer than glumes; anthers orange-yellow, 5mm long; female spikelets twin, arranged in 8-30 rows on the thick spongy rachis; two glumes equal, very wide, veinless, ciliated, first florets Sterile; lemma hyaline membranous, glabrous but smaller and glabrous, with or without lemma; second floret lemma resembling first floret, with a palea; pistil with extremely long and thin style. Caryopsis slightly spherical, beyond glumes and lemmas when mature. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to September. The root (maize root), leaf (maize leaf), style (corn silk), and cob (corn cob) of this plant are also used for medicinal purposes, and each is detailed in a separate article.

Corn corn is used as feed, food and industrial raw materials, and is the main food in many areas, but its nutritional value is lower than that of other grains, its protein content is also low, and it lacks niacin. If corn corn is used as the main food, it is prone to pellagra. The gluten content of corn is low, so it is not suitable for making bread. In Latin America, corn is widely used as unleavened corn cake.

In addition to edible corn, the ear of Zea mays is also the main raw material for industrial alcohol and shochu. There are many ways to process grain: wet milling method is to soak the grain in dilute sulfurous acid solution for 40-60 hours; dry milling method is to use spray or steam to moisten the grain for a short time; fermentation method is to convert starch into sugar, and add Yeast turns sugar into alcohol. Other parts of the plant are also quite versatile: bract stalks are used to make paper and wallboard; bract leaves can be used as filling material and grass weaving; In addition to feed, it is also a good raw material for biogas digesters.