YELLOW CORN

Yellow Maize, which is also known as corn, is a grain which was first used by people in Mexico approximately 10,000 years ago. White Maize flour however is different from yellow maize in terms of color (one is white and the other yellow, as the names give it away) as well as in a few qualities – yet, it is still quite similar to corn flour.

Due to each maize grain belonging from a diverse individual (the seed of a new plant) with a unique mix of genes inherited from its parents. The difference between yellow and white maize grains is due to the color of the nutritive tissue which covers up the embryo in the seed, called the endosperm.