Year : 2022, Volume : 14, Issue : 2
First page : ( 127) Last page : ( 131)
Print ISSN : 0975-2315. Online ISSN : 2394-4471. Published online : 2022 December 18.
Article DOI : 10.5958/2394-4471.2022.00026.0

Value addition in baby corn: An Overview

Kaur Navjot^1,*, Kaur Manpreet^2,**, Kumar Ramesh¹

¹ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004 (Punjab), India

²Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Jalandhar-144 030 (Punjab), India

^*Navjot Kaur (Corresponding author) navjot1667@gmail.com

^**Email: mann7516@gmail.com

Online Published on 18 March, 2023.

Received:  21  ,  2022; :  20  ,  2022; Accepted:  20  ,  2022.

Abstract

Maize is gaining popularity in both food and feed sectors. Every part of corn cob posses’ potential to be used for different purposes, and have economic value. With the changing in living lifestyle, the demand of baby corn is increasing due to its nutritional value, and to be the best alternative income source for farmers. Being a perishable crop, the shelf life of baby corn is less. It is an organic food which could be used to develop wide range of value added products. The value addition makes its availability possible in the offseason besides providing employment opportunities and foreign exchange.

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Keywords

Baby corn, Food Products, Maize, Nutrition, Value Addition.

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