How to distinguish between sweet corn, waxy corn and fruit corn.
First look at the color of waxy corn, which ranges from light yellow to black purple. The light yellow waxy corn is actually white, and it is also a common waxy corn on the market. We often use it to make soup or steam it. The characteristics of waxy corn are fragrant, waxy, soft, sweet and sticky.
Sweet corn is golden in color and much brighter than waxy corn. Because there is a slight difference in taste from waxy corn, sweet corn is crisper, fresher and sweeter. We often use it to make soups such as corn soup, or use it to cook polenta, or use it for sweet corn during barbecue, plus the salty and spicy seasoning powder used for barbecue, which is sweet, salty and crispy. This should be There’s a reason why sweet corn is more suitable for barbecue than waxy corn. Of course, it is also very suitable for canning or making corn juice.
Fruit corn is actually a kind of super sweet corn suitable for eating raw. Its sugar content is as high as 20%, which is about double that of ordinary fruits and 30% higher than that of watermelon. And its juice is very rich, and there is no excess corn residue.
Corn is rich in protein, fat, vitamins, trace elements, cellulose, etc. It has both vegetable and fruit aspects.