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What can corn be processed into?
Corn can be processed into corn flour, corn oil, canned corn, corn starch, corn ham sausage, corn rice cake, corn puree beverage, corn dried noodles and so on.

1. Corn flour: Corn flour has different thickness and rich nutrition. There are yellow corn flour and white corn flour by color, and waxy corn flour by variety.

2. Corn oil: also known as corn oil and corn germ oil, it is extracted from corn germ oil. It is fragrant and suitable for cooking and frying food.

3. Canned corn: The harvested fresh corn is peeled, precooked, threshed, cleaned, canned and sterilized at high temperature. Packaging is divided into canned and bagged.

4. Corn starch: also known as corn starch, it is made by crushing, sieving, precipitation, drying and grinding. Ordinary products contain a small amount of fat and protein.

5. Corn flakes: Corn flakes are made of corn flour, xanthan gum, guar gum and monoglyceride.

Brief introduction of corn

Corn is also called maize (scientific name: Zea mays? L) It is a plant of Gramineae and Zea, commonly known as corn. Tall panicum miliaceum. Culms are erect, usually unbranched, and 1-4 meters high. Leaf sheaths have transverse veins; Ligule membranous, about 2 mm long; The leaves are flat and wide. The terminal tassels are large and paired, reaching 1 cm. The caryopsis is spherical or oblate, generally 5-65438 00 mm long.