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CORN USES/PRODUCTS

FOOD SOURCE

a. Important food staple and animal feed ingredient

b. Excellent source of carbohydrates

c. Oil, extracted from the germ of corn kernel, is used as a cooking and salad oil

d. Oil in solidified form is used as margarine

e. High in sugar content, corn is used as sweetener in carbonated drinks, canned fruits and confectionery.

INDUSTRIAL USE

a. corn oil is used in the manufacture of paints, soaps, and linoleum; also an essential ingredient in dressings and shortenings

b. Corncobs are an important source of furfural, a liquid used for :

- manufacturing nylon fibers and phenol-formaldehyde plastics

- refining wood resin

- making lubricating oils from petroleum

- purifying butadiene in the production of synthetic rubber

c. Ground corncobs are used as soft-grit abrasive, used as ingredient in a seaweed-based organic fertilizer production

d. Large, whole cobs from a special type of corn, "cob pipe" corn, are used for pipes for smoking tobacco

e. Toothpaste sweetened by a powder processed from corn called sorbitol

f. Environment-friendly products have likewise been developed, in the form of paints and dyes

g. Corn oil-based ink used in newspaper printing

h. Corn-derived citric acid used in the preparation of laundry detergents

i. Flat wares made with cornstarch

ALCOHOL PRODUCTION

a. High in sugar content, corn is processed to produce alcohol for use with gasoline as gasohol

b. Source of ethanol used in the distillery industry

c. Corn is also fermented for the production of corn liquor

d. Dry stalk is a potentially important fuel biomass