Yellow Maize Corn

• Indian Yellow Maize (Corn) is of American origin, and after wheat and rice, it is the most important cereal grain in the world.
• It provides nutrition to both humans (33.3%) and animals (66.6 %).
• It Serves as basic raw material for the production of starch, oil and protein, alcoholic beverages, food sweeteners and more recently fuel.
• India’s maize production fluctuates between 10-14 million tons, with 80-90% of the production being in the kharif season.
• Around 6.5 million tons (roughly 50 % of total consumption) goes for feed use, primarily for poultry feed. Another 1 million tons of corn is used by the starch industry.
• Maize or corn serves as a basic raw material to thousands of industrial products that includes oil, starch, alcoholic beverages, pharmaceuticals, food sweeteners, gum, textile and paper industry.

Health benefits :

• Good for digestion due to its fiber content.
• Beneficial for heart.
• Helps in preventing skin disease.
• Have anti cancer properties.
• Helps in improving vision.