Does it Contain Corn?

Over the last 15 years, the United States has steadily increased its use of ethanol as a fuel for automobiles to help reduce our consumption of gasoline. Most of the ethanol at present is comes from corn.

Although the ethanol can be easily distilled from corn there are several disadvantage to the use of corn as a fuel substitute. One major disadvantage is that corn is used a primary food source as well as in the production of a wide variety of products. To exemplify this, gather a variety of foods and products that are made using corn. Check the list of ingredient for each item. Corn may be listed directly as corn, corn starch, corn syrup or corn flour. Also, many ingredient are made from or made using corn.
 * Citric acid is made using a mold  c ultures that is  fed hydrolyzed corn starch.
 * Dextose is a sugar (glucose) derived from corn.
 * Iodized salt uses dextrose to stabilize the iodine added to regular salt
 * Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol made from corn syrup.
 * X anthan gum  is a polysaccharide secreted by a bacterium that is often grown on corn cobs.

Preparation

 * Make a poster showing the label of each item selected for display. Highlight the ingredient containing or made from corn. Include a short description of how corn was use to produce the item.
 * Make several card for people to record their guesses “Is this product made with corn?” Laminating cards make them reusable
 * Set out products so people can easily see each item but not the ingredients label.
 * Xanthan gum is a polysaccharide secreted by a bacterium that is often grown on corn cobs.