Can corn be eaten raw?
Summer is the season when corn is listed, and corn, one of the four staple foods, plays an important role in China's dining table. It can be boiled and eaten, or it can be ground into a meal. So can corn be eaten raw?
Under normal circumstances, some varieties of corn can be eaten raw, like a kind of sweet corn. A kind of super-sweet maize in corn has characteristics of thin skin, lots of juice and high sugar content. It can be directly eaten raw.
A kind of super sweet corn in corn, which is thin, juicy, brittle, and sweet at the stage of the green stick, does not have the taste of corn in general, except that it is rich in Vitamins, minerals, and free amino acids and other nutrients. It also has the characteristics of thin skin, juicy juice and high sugar content. It can be directly eaten raw, and because raw and cooked foods are particularly sweet, especially crisp, like fruits, also known as "fruit corn."
Ordinary corn, sweet corn, sticky corn can be eaten fresh, but sweetness is the highest in sweet corn and sticky corn is strong. Ordinary corn uses more feed and grain. Sweet corn is used for vegetables and can only be eaten fresh. Sticky corn is used for fresh food and canned food, and can also be used as food. Each kind of corn has a different nutrient composition, and it can't be distinguished by what to eat. Just like meat to eat, greens have to eat the same reason. Sticky corn, taste better than ordinary corn, so many people like to eat.
The difference between sticky corn and ordinary corn is not the amount of sugar, but their starch structure is different. Just as glutinous rice and ordinary rice are mainly different in starch structure. The starch structure of ordinary corn is a right-handed body, ie, a long chain of starch structure, one by one, turning right. The viscous corn starch is left-rotating, it is to turn left.
There is also a kind of sweet corn, which is characterized by high soluble sugar content. That is, after its photosynthetic products form soluble sugars (such as glucose, fructose, maltose, and possibly glucose in sweet corn), the conversion process from soluble sugar to starch is no longer continued, and corn is generally formed. These soluble sugars are immediately converted into starch and stored in grains. In this way, plant cells can quickly pass through the role of chlorophyll, and then form a new hydrocarbon, that is, a product of glucose. This is the reason why ordinary corn kernels can be continuously enriched, while sweet corn, which forms soluble sugars and no longer transforms, limits the continuation of photosynthesis, so although we eat very well, the resulting grains are not Full. This kind of corn is made of fresh food for us. It is not very suitable as a feed source.
Now, a new, sweeter corn variety has been bred. These corns can be harvested directly to be eaten raw. These are the new generation of true fruity corn.
Differences between fruit corn and ordinary corn:
1. The fruit corn is a kind of super sweet corn suitable for being eaten raw. Compared with general corn, its main characteristic is that the green bar is thin, juicy, brittle, and sweet. It can be directly eaten raw, with a thin skin. The bite breaks, the fragrant juice overflows the cheeks, and the raw and cooked foods are particularly sweet and crisp, like fruits.
2. Fruit corn is rich in multi-vitamins and dietary fiber, enabling you to enjoy traditional beauty while enjoying beauty and fitness.
3. The fruit corn planted in the fruit and corn planting base will be planted and managed in strict accordance with pollution-free standards during the growth process. Each ear of fruit corn is carefully selected to let you feel the natural sweetness!
The nutritional value of fruit corn:
Fruit corn is rich in vitamins A, B1, B2, C, E carotene and linoleic acid, minerals and free amino acids, etc. It is easy for human body to digest and absorb. It is a kind of emerging leisure health nutrition food.
Fruit corn is a kind of super-sweet corn suitable for being eaten raw. Compared with corn, its safety feature is that the green bar is thin and cheeky. The raw and cooked foods are particularly sweet and particularly brittle. The total sugar content is 33.6%. Sugar content of 20%, is about twice the average fruit, 30% higher than the watermelon, protein content 35.4% higher than normal corn.
It can be said that fruit-type corn is not only delicious, but also has full nutrition, convenient consumption, nutrition and delicious taste.
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