Sweet corn
Appearance
Sweet corn (Zea mays convar. saccharata var. rugosa;[1] also called Indian corn, sugar corn, and pole corn) is a variety of maize with a high sugar content and prepared as a vegetable.
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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Energy | 360 kJ (86 kcal) |
Carbohydrates | 19.02 g |
- Sugars | 3.22 g |
- Dietary fiber | 2.7 g |
Fat | 1.18 g |
Protein | 3.2 g |
- Tryptophan | 0.023 g |
- Threonine | 0.129 g |
- Isoleucine | 0.129 g |
- Leucine | 0.348 g |
- Lysine | 0.137 g |
- Methionine | 0.067 g |
- Cystine | 0.026 g |
- Phenylalanine | 0.150 g |
- Tyrosine | 0.123 g |
- Valine | 0.185 g |
- Arginine | 0.131 g |
- Histidine | 0.089 g |
- Alanine | 0.295 g |
- Aspartic acid | 0.244 g |
- Glutamic acid | 0.636 g |
- Glycine | 0.127 g |
- Proline | 0.292 g |
- Serine | 0.153 g |
Water | 75.96 g |
Vitamin A equiv. | 9 μg (1%) |
Thiamine (Vit. B1) | 0.200 mg (15%) |
Niacin (Vit. B3) | 1.700 mg (11%) |
Folate (Vit. B9) | 46 μg (12%) |
Vitamin C | 6.8 mg (11%) |
Iron | 0.52 mg (4%) |
Magnesium | 37 mg (10%) |
Potassium | 270 mg (6%) |
One ear of medium size (6-3/4" to 7-1/2" long) maize has 90 grams of seeds Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient database |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Erwin, A. T. (July 1951). "Sweet Corn—Mutant or historic species?". Economic Botany. 5 (3). Springer New York: 302. doi:10.1007/BF02985153. S2CID 28127396.