2. Maize (C0rn),has been grown in Australia for more than 150
years.
Corn is a cereal crop.There are over 3,500 different uses for
corn products.
3. Corn is now completely unlikely to be found
growing in the wild. Corn will always have an
even number of rows on each cob.
4. Corn is called maize by most
countries; this is a Spanish
word. Corn is a very healthy
food.
Corn is healthy what do you think of
when you look at a corn field? Popcorn?
Corn flakes? Sweet corn? Did you know
that popcorn and sweet corn come
from different plants?
Juices and soft drinks like
Coca-Cola and Pepsi
contain corn sweeteners.
5.
6. There is a growing demand from Asian
countries, including Japan, Taiwan,
Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia, for
Australian edible soybeans. Japan alone
imports almost half a million tonnes of tofu
grade soybeans each year.
As well as exporting
soybeans to other
countries Australia also
imports soybeans from
other countries.
7. Soy pancakes
Soy products are often
eaten by people who
are gluten or lactose
intolerant, as soy has
no gluten or lactose.
Soy cheese, sauce,
milk and soybeans.
Coloured soybeans
soybeans
8. A small amount of soybean
products are transferred into
the foods that we eat daily
such as soy milk, soy flour,
tofu and some chocolate
yogurt products. Oil seed
production in Australia is
approximately 6% of annual
global grain production
Some products using soybeans are more
related to other countries such as China
which has Chinese noodles, soy sauce
and soy milk.
9. Australia also imports almost half a million tonnes of tofu grade
soybeans. Up until the late 1990’s almost 50% of the crop was crushed
for meal and oil and a further 25% went into full fat meal for intensive
livestock. The human consumption market only accounted for around
25-30%, and the remaining 5% was retained for planting seed.
