QYR Market Research Global Sweet Corn Seed Market Research Report | Page 3

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• Sweet corn is a variety of maize with high sugar content. Sweet corn
is the result of a naturally occurring recessive mutation in the genes
which control conversion of sugar to starch inside the ENO of the
corn kernel. Unlike field corn varieties, which are harvested when the
kernels are dry and mature (dent stage), sweet corn is picked when
immature (milk stage) and prepared and eaten as a vegetable, rather
than a grain. Since the process of maturation involves converting
sugar to starch, sweet corn stores poorly and must be eaten Fresh,
canned, or frozen, before the kernels become tough and starchy.
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