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Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour

Also known as: Degermed yellow corn flour

Low concern

Degerminated corn flour is a safe, conventional food ingredient but is a refined grain with less fiber, oil, and micronutrients than whole-grain corn flour.

What it is

Yellow corn that has had the germ and most of the bran removed, then milled into flour.

Base flour for tortillas, snacks, breakfast cereals, and baked goods; longer shelf life than whole-grain corn flour.

Why it's flagged

Refined grain — lower fiber and micronutrients than whole-grain corn flour

Regulatory status

United States — FDA

Conventional food; standard of identity at 21 CFR 137

European Union — EFSA

Authorised conventional food

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