Industrial Corn
Cross-source consensus on Industrial Corn from 1 sources and 4 claims.
1 sources · 4 claims
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- Modified food starch, maltodextrin, and corn-derived sweeteners are ubiquitous hidden starch ingredients in processed foods. — Hidden Starch: How America's Diet Mirrors Cattle Feedlot Feeding
- Dent corn (field corn) is inedible raw but is industrially processed into over 50 different starch products that function as hidden sugars in the food supply. — Hidden Starch: How America's Diet Mirrors Cattle Feedlot Feeding
- Americans consume approximately 35.5 lbs of corn starch and 60 lbs of corn sweeteners per person per year. — Hidden Starch: How America's Diet Mirrors Cattle Feedlot Feeding
- Field corn costs approximately $198 per cubic ton, making it an extraordinarily cheap and profitable food ingredient base. — Hidden Starch: How America's Diet Mirrors Cattle Feedlot Feeding