Corn is a type of food that is delicious as well as nutritious and full of antioxidants carotenoids which is extremely healthful. Corn is very efficient to increase eye health. That’s why it also comes into the category of rich food. Corn has more quantity of sugar and different types of protein requirements for the human body.

Thus it is much healthier but when consumed in a quantity, may limit weight loss.

In this guide, we’ll review interesting information and corn facts that where it is produced and what’s it is mostly used for?.

Interesting Corn Facts

● Corn belongs to the Grass family
Almost everyone is familiar with the production of maize, how it is cultivated, and done. But have you ever wondered about how it is discovered in the first place? Most probably you are considering it to be a natural product as it seems to be but here is a twister, It is believed to be a human invention that the corn produced, let’s see how?.

It is believed and scientifically seen that the corn is produced by a wild grass teosinte 7,000 years ago by the people of Mexico. It is not as similar to today’s one and the overall kernel shape was not as spread as it is now. Then it started to spread from Mexico to other nations.

From native America to northern America and then around Europe, it is how Corn covered his early journey.

Whether it is a human invention or natural occurrence, what we believe that everything is done by God and nothing can happen without his permission as teosinte appeared naturally. Believe it or not but one thing that is believable is that it is much delicious and healthier.

● Corn Also referred to as “ Sacred Mother “
Corn is named differently in various country, mostly it is called maize came from the word ‘magic’ a Spanish word. The indigenous people of the Caribbean, the Taino used maize as autochthonous word means “Sacred Mother”.This means life-giver, As corn is absolutely a rich source of nutrition and protein, is used as a feed for the animals and also good for human health.

● Corn Also used in Non-Eatable Products
Corn not only rich in proteins but also used in non-food things for its effective and unique properties. This is not in any-degree a complete corn-made products list but we’ve filtered out the most-common of them for you.

● FireWorks
● Paints
● Glues
● Detergents
● Cosmetics
● In the manufacturing of Plastics

This is a fun factor that how corn used in these households. The natural adhesive glue ‘Elmer’ is made from cornflour.

● Popcorn is made by Corn
Taking a basket full of popcorns to a movie will improve your favorite movie experience whether it is a DC’s ‘BVS’ or Marvel’s “Blank Panther”. But if you not familiar with the popcorns that how it is made, simply by heating up the corn kernel’s to a certain temperature it starts popping and will appear in the shape of Popcorns. Many ingredients are then mixed to it to improve its taste like cheese.

● More than 1 billion tons of corn are produced yearly (Based on 2017 estimation)
Corn is produced in tremendous quantity and US was ranked as top 1 in the list of corn producers with over 400M. Tons production estimation results on 2017. After the US , China, and Brazil are rated below to the US while India is also listed in the top-rated corn producer.

● Corn not only produced in yellow color
Have you ever seen bluish and gray corn in your life, yes it sounds ridiculous in the list of corn facts but is true. The production of corn is being done in various color ranges but the most common of them are yellow.

Corn also available in green and brown colors depending on the type of grass.

● Corn as one of the primary source of feed
Maize is absolutely rich in calories , carbohydrates, but low in proteins. It also has been used as a feed for the animals’ livestock. It has been used in most countries as a major source of fodder and incredibly healthful food.

Corn is processed through different stages before used as a feed grain and proper grinding is done.