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Sweetcorn

Sweetcorn is tender, sweet-kernel corn harvested before drying, commonly boiled, steamed, grilled, or served as fresh, frozen, or canned kernels.

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About Sweetcorn

Sweetcorn is the tender, sweet-kernel type of corn, harvested before the kernels mature and dry. The kernels grow in rows on a cob, with a juicy, crisp bite when fresh and a softer texture after cooking. Its flavour is sweet and mildly vegetal.

It is commonly boiled, steamed, grilled, or eaten as kernels in other preparations. It may be sold fresh on the cob, frozen, or canned. These forms differ in moisture and processing, and sweetcorn should not be confused with mature field corn used for grain or meal.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

Sweetcorn, baby, boiled in unsalted water

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English

Sweetcorn, baby, stir-fried in rapeseed oil

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English

Sweetcorn, dried

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English

Sweetcorn, fresh or frozen on cob, baked, roasted, fried, stir-fried, grilled or BBQ'd, no added fat

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Sweetcorn, kernels, boiled 'on the cob' in unsalted water

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English

Sweetcorn, kernels, boiled 'on the cob' in unsalted water, weighed with core

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Sweetcorn nutrition & diet

Sweetcorn nutritional value

Reference: Sweetcorn, kernels, raw

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
60kcal
Protein
3.4g
Carbs
8.1g
Fat
1.8g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Nutrition comparisons should distinguish cooked corn on the cob from loose kernels and from canned or frozen products, which differ in processing and edible portion.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 13-622 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

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