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Canned Corn

Low concern

Canned corn is a standard vegetable food. The principal nutritional concern is added sodium from packing brine; FDA's Dietary Guidelines and sodium reduction targets apply to canned vegetables in general.

Found in

2 products

What it is

Canned corn is sweet corn kernels packed in water/brine and heat-sterilized in metal cans.

Whole-food vegetable ingredient; consumed as a side or component of dishes.

Why it's flagged

added sodium

What regulators actually say

"Canned corn is the food prepared from the succulent, sweet corn-type kernels..."

21 CFR 155.130 Canned corn — accessdata.fda.gov

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Standardized canned vegetable; standards of identity for canned corn under 21 CFR 155.130

European Union — EFSA

Standard food in the EU

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