甜玉米又称水果玉米,是目前国内外市场上十分俏销的一种新兴保健食品,它鲜嫩香甜,普通甜玉米的甜度为普通玉米的2.5倍,超甜玉米的甜度为一般西瓜的2倍多,且营养价值高,其蛋白质、脂肪、赖氨酸、维生素、植物糖等的含量大大超过普通玉米。甜玉米既可熟食,又可生食,还能加工成糊状或整粒的罐头,被国外列为高级菜肴。据了解,近年来甜玉米的市场需求量不断上升,仅日本甜玉米销售的年增长率就达10%,1991年日本进口甜玉米罐头1万吨,速冻甜玉米3.5万吨,整穗甜玉米8000吨,仍然供不应求。同时甜玉米秸秆还是优质的青贮 Sweet corn, also known as fruit corn, is a newly emerging health food which is very popular at home and abroad. It is tender and sweet. The sweetness of common sweet corn is 2.5 times that of ordinary corn. The sweetness of super sweet corn is 2 Times more, and high nutritional value, the content of protein, fat, lysine, vitamins, plant sugars and much more than ordinary corn. Sweet corn can be cooked, but also raw food, but also processed into a paste or whole canned food, was listed as foreign advanced dishes. It is understood that in recent years, the market demand for sweet corn continues to rise, only the annual growth rate of sales of sweet corn in Japan reached 10% in 1991, Japan imported 10,000 tons of sweet corn, frozen sweet corn 35,000 tons, whole sweet corn 8000 tons, still in short supply. At the same time sweet corn stalks or high-quality silage