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Types and uses of maize
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Content: angu, Brazil; mãmãligã, Romania; sadza, nshima, ugali, and mealie pap, Africa). Maize meal is also used as a replacement for wheat flour, to make cornbread and other baked products. Masa (cornmeal treated with lime water) is the main ingredient for tortillas, atole, and many other dishes of Mexican food. Cornstarch is made from maize kernels, which are high in starch, and used as a thickening agent in soups. Corn syrup is used as a sweetener instead of sugar in thousands of products, including soda, candy, cookies and bread. Kitty litter made from maize is environmentally-friendly. Corn for cows, hogs, catfish and chickens: the largest market for maize in the U.S. is actually as food for livestock (sometimes called fodder, or silage).