Sweet Corn
Description: Long cylindrical �ears� with small yellow kernels. Fully ripe sweet corn has bright green, moist husks.
Availability: Summer
Facts: A variety of corn with a high sugar content. Picked when still immature and eaten as a vegetable instead of a grain. 50% of Iowa farmland is used for growing corn.
Serving Size = 1/2 CUP
Selection: Choose ears with green husks, fresh silks and tight rows of kernels.
Storage: Refrigerate with husks on for use as soon as possible or within 1-2 days.
Nutrition Benefits: Low fat; saturated fat free; sodium free; cholesterol free; good source of vitamin C.
Pigments: lutein, zeaxanthin
Phytochemicals: eugenol, ferulic acid, isoquercitrin
ORAC Score: 402
Reprinted with the permission of the Defeat Diabetes Foundation.
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