Is it true that corn can be eaten as fruit? Ordinary corn certainly can't. It is a super sweet corn suitable for raw food. In the green branch stage, the skin is thin, juicy, crisp and sweet, and can be eaten raw directly. The thin epidermis will break when bitten, and the fragrant juice will overflow the teeth and cheeks. Raw and cooked food are especially sweet and crisp, just like fruit, so it is called "fruit corn".

Fruit corn is also called vegetable corn and sweet corn. Different from ordinary corn, the endosperm of fruit corn contains sugar, so fruit corn is sweet. According to the different monosaccharide content in endosperm, sweet corn can be divided into three categories: ordinary sweet corn, fortified sweet corn and super sweet corn, which have different uses in food processing and production. Ordinary sweet corn: the sugar content is about 8%, which is mostly used for paste or whole grain processing and canning, and also for quick freezing; Fortified sweet corn: sugar content 12%- 16%, mostly used for whole grain or paste processing, canning, quick freezing and fresh fruit ear marketing; Super sweet corn: The sugar content is above 20%, and the peel is thick, which is mostly used for whole grain processing, canning, quick freezing or fresh fruit ear marketing.

Fruit corn is very popular abroad. In the 44th US presidential election, in order to win the favor of voters, Bush and Kerry launched a "corn war". Bush bought some sweet corn and ate it on the spot, praising: "You can eat it without cooking. Delicious! "