20/08/2026
🌽 Sweet corn is not the same as field corn.
~Sweet corn is harvested while the kernels are still immature and tender.
🌽 It’s technically a grain—and a vegetable.
~When eaten fresh, it’s considered a vegetable.
~When the kernels are dried, it’s classified as a grain.
🌽 It’s naturally sweeter.
~Sweet corn contains genes that slow the conversion of sugar into starch, giving it its sweet flavor.
~Once picked, the sugars begin converting to starch, which is why fresh-picked corn tastes the best.
🌽 One stalk usually produces 1–2 ears.
~Most sweet corn plants grow one large ear and often a second, smaller ear.
🌽 The silk has an important job.
~Every strand of silk connects to a single kernel.
~Each silk must receive pollen for its kernel to develop. Missing kernels usually mean some silks weren’t pollinated.
🌽 It’s wind-pollinated.
* Corn doesn’t rely on bees.
* Pollen falls from the tassels at the top of the plant onto the silks below.
🌽 Nutritional benefits (1 medium ear)
~About 90–100 calories
~Good source of fiber
~Provides vitamin C, folate, thiamin (B1), and potassium
~Contains lutein and zeaxanthin, antioxidants that support eye health.
💡🌽An average ear of sweet corn contains about 800 kernels arranged in 16 rows, although the number varies by variety.
🌽Who loves corn on cob or loose kernels?
