WAXY CORN

Starchy with a waxy appearance, is used mainly in the Far East for its tapioca like starch. It is also used as a stabilizing and thickening starch for food products and as an emulsifier for salad dressings. Other industrial uses included remoistening adhesives for gummed tape, in adhesives, and in the paper industry. It is also often used for animal feed. New varieties of corn are continuously created. But today these are born in the test tubes of biotech labs. These modern cobs are no longer simply nourishment thanks to the wonders of biotechnology and the magic of gene manipulation they can now produce hormones and other substances that could be of value to the pharma industry.