We think of this beloved American food as a vegetable, but could it really be a grain or fruit? The answer may surprise you.

Want a brain teaser? Have you ever stopped to think about food classification? Is it accurate? Consider this: Should tomatoes ...

"Corn can uniquely be counted as either a grain and a vegetable, depending on the form," Washington, D.C.-based dietitian and diabetes educator Caroline Thomason, RD, CDCES, tells USA TODAY.

A new study shows that corn has the highest level of antioxidants of any grain or vegetable. One cup of whole-grain corn flour has only 5 grams of fat and nearly 16 grams of dietary fiber.

Corn (or maize) is a starchy vegetable that has many uses; making it to our dinner plate is only one of them. It is grown as fuel, cooking oil, animal feed, corn syrup, alcohol, a snack or even can be ...

Corn is a vegetable, grain and fruit. In a culinary context, it’s a vegetable. It’s a grain because it can also be a dry seed. But it can also be a fruit because fruits bear seeds.

Maize or corn is what is called a starchy vegetable, so it depends on which system of classification you use that determines if it is classified as a vegetable or a starch. According to the South ...

Corn is now the official state vegetable of Illinois. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Thursday making the designation. The primary sponsor of the bill was Sen. Sam McCann, R-Plainview, who int… ...

Corn is the only easy-to-harvest and use backyard grain. With a little effort and a raised bed space only four feet by four feet, you can produce 16 or more ears of outstanding food.

Now we'd like to bring you a whole new botanical question you never knew you had: Is corn a fruit or a vegetable—or is it a grain? The answer is more technical than you might think, and to fully ...