Corn a fruit?

[Mr Shine]

I searched this forum (both on-site and Google) but couldn't find any topics on this.

Is corn a fruit?

I've heard that it technically was. But corn liquor does not taste like brandy, at all.

But here's another question...

Why is it called high fructose corn syrup if corn isn't a fruit? Yes, I've heard of high maltose corn syrup too, but not as much.

What's the breakdown of corn? Fructose/maltose (after conversion)?

Sorry if this is a really stupid line of questions. It's just been bothering me for a while.

[Condensifier]

According to this site here http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_corn_a_gra ... e?#slide=2 corn is a vegetable a grain and a fruit.

[Bushman]

+1, definitely a grain.

[Halfbaked]

Around here corn is mostly a liquid.

[Prairiepiss]

I'm not sure how the type of sugar make a differenc? The sugars produced are just what the enzymes convert the starches too. Different enzymes will convert to different sugars. In a round about way.

And you could call it a corn brandy. I guess? But you can't compare it to a Apple or pear brandy. Because they taste nothing like each other. So saying it doesn't taste like brandy. Is like comparing apples to oranges.

I wouldn't consider it anything but a grain. But what difference does it really make? You can mash it and get sugar out if it. What else is there to know?

[Mr Shine]

The sugars produced are just what the enzymes convert the starches too. Different enzymes will convert to different sugars. In a round about way.

Thanks mister P. I guess that answered the question.

Does that mean you could make high fructose oat (or insert grain of choice) syrup?

[Prairiepiss]

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS)—also called glucose-fructose in Canada, [1]

Isoglucose or Glucose-Fructose syrup [2][3][4] and high fructose maize syrup in some countries—comprises any of a group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose to produce a desired sweetness.

So if you have glucose. You could change it to fructose with the correct enzymes.

Corn is just cheap and readily available.

[Swamp_Donkey]

Corn is in the grass family putting it solidly in the grain category.

Corn is definitely a grass.
Grasses are defined by their vascular system in that they are monocots.
But Yall done solved this question
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[heynonny]

Why is it called high fructose corn syrup?

They can load massive ammounts of sugar into foods etc. and not have to put "sugar" on the contents label.