Maize

ingredient

About

Maize (Zea mays), also known as corn, is a tall grass that produces cereal grain; it was domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 9,000 years ago from wild teosinte.[1] Since the Columbian exchange it has become a staple food in many parts of the world, and its total production now surpasses that of wheat and rice.[1] It is the first ingredient of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, printed as Mais, majs, maissi and maïs on the multilingual European carton.[2]

Products (9)

Referenced by

  • Source of Corn flakes printed
    Pétales de maïs (maïs, sucre, sel, extrait de malt d'orge)
  • Source of Corn starch sourced
  • Kinds include Popcorn sourced

Also known as

  • Corn en
  • Zea mays la
  • Majs sv
  • Maissi fi

References

  1. Wikipedia: Maize Accessed 2026-09-11.
  2. Front (2021-12-08), ingredient panel and nutrition panel (2025-02-28) of the 360 g carton, Open Food Facts photos (CC BY-SA 3.0) Accessed 2026-09-11.
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