Sticky Sweet Corn, also known as waxy corn or glutinous corn, is characterized by its sticky texture when cooked. This is due to the larger amounts of amylopectin. It is famous for its soft, chewy texture and sweet, delicious flavor.
Inside each kernel, the endosperm is shiny, aqueous, and starchy, giving off a waxy-like sheen, leading the corn to acquire its waxy moniker. Sticky Sweet Corn must be cooked before consumption and develops a sticky, chewy, and toothsome texture with a neutral, sweet, and starchy flavor.
Sticky Sweet Corn is a source of fiber to regulate the digestive tract and vitamin C to strengthen the immune system while reducing inflammation.
The corn also provides some potassium to balance fluid levels within the body, vitamin K to assist in faster wound healing, and other nutrients, including magnesium, B vitamins, and vitamin E.
The fiber in corn helps you stay full for longer between meals. It also feeds healthy bacteria in your digestive tract, which may help protect against colon cancer.
Corn is rich in vitamin C, an antioxidant that helps protect your cells from damage and wards off diseases like cancer and heart disease. Sticky Sweet Corn is a good source of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin, which are good for eye health and help prevent the lens damage that leads to cataracts.
