After the water boils and steams for about 15-20 minutes, the corn can be steamed, steamed out of the water, a little bit of nutrition is not lost. Peel off the shell of the corn, put it on the steamer to steam, the corn is delicious, do not need to put other things.

The steamed corn will all be very sweet, because this fully stops the loss of sugar inside the corn to the water in which the corn is cooked. If you feel that the stem more, then when you buy corn, pay attention not to sell too old, corn has a little bit of stem should be normal, too tender corn is not delicious.

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Nutritional value of corn

Nutritional value of corn

Corn belongs to the gramineae family of plants five marshmallow, corn kernels by the endosperm, embryo, skin, tip, etc., the content of which is 82%, 12%, 5%, 1%. Corn embryo is the endosperm of the seed, has a high nutritional value.

Each 100g contains more than 4.6g of fat, 8.2g of protein, more than 70.6g of carbohydrates, more than 1.3g of crude fiber, more than 17mg of calcium, more than 2.0mg of iron, more than 21mg of phosphorus, more than 2.4mg of niacin, more than 0.14mg of riboflavin. Starch is mainly found in the endosperm, and the embryo contains a large amount of oil and ash.

The vitamin content in corn is very high, 5-10 times that of rice and wheat, and among all staple foods, corn has the highest nutritional value and health effects. The high nutrients contained in corn, such as riboflavin, are very beneficial to the human body.?

It is worth noting that the nutritional value of special corn is higher than that of ordinary corn, and the moisture, active substances, vitamins and other various nutrients in fresh corn are also much higher than that of old corn.

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