Health benefits of baby corn

• At 86 calories per 100 g, baby corn kernels are moderately high in calories in comparison to other vegetables. However, fresh baby corn has much fewer calories than that of in the field corn and other cereal grains like wheat, rice, etc. Their calorie chiefly comes from simpler carbohydrates like glucose, sucrose than complex sugars like amylose and amylopectin, which is a case in the cereals.

• Baby corn is a gluten-free cereal and may be used safely in celiac disease individuals much like rice, quinoa, etc.

• Further, it contains healthy amounts of some essential minerals like zinc, magnesium, copper, iron, and manganese.