Corn Power: 10 other ways we use corn

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Corn syrup, made from corn starch, is made after enzymes are added to the starch to break the chains into sugars, mainly glucose. Further processing can change the sugars into high-fructose corn syrup.
Cornmeal, made by grinding whole corn, is used to make corn flakes, cornbread, deep-fry batter, and hushpuppies, pizza dough, corn flour, used for pancakes, donuts, breading, and baby food.
Corn Starch is made from the endosperm of the corn, the part of the seed that exists to nourish the potential new plant. It's also the primary ingredient in biodegradable plastic.
Industrial glue is made cheaply through corn. Components of corn germ can reduce the amount of resin required in the glue formula, making the adhesive less expensive to produce.
Corn cobs can be used in a host of ways: Livestock feed (when ground), animal bedding, toilet paper substitute, landfill, fuel, and corn cob jelly.
Corn oil, used as a food ingredient (margarine is often made from corn oil), is produced by squeezing the germ of the corn.
Penicillin is grown in corn steep liquor, a byproduct of the process of separating the various parts of corn. It was discarded as waste until the 1940s, when scientists determined that it's the perfect medium in which to grow the drug.