Baby corn
What the research shows
Not enough
published research on this page yet
A young, immature corn harvested while the stalks are still small.
It is eaten whole, including the cob, in raw, pickled, and cooked forms.1
What research says
Found in some samples or products
These come from where it was grown, how it was processed or cooked, or what it was made into. They are not about the ingredient itself, so the signal does not count them.
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Food poisoning outbreaks2
Baby corn from one Thai packing house was linked to Shigella sonnei illness in Denmark and Australia.
The signal at the top counts the findings in people and in animal and lab studies. A concern in studies of people outranks animal and lab studies, and “No concerns” needs at least one finding in people. When most findings in people point one way, the page leans that way (“Mostly”), and every finding is still shown. Findings whose study type is not stated are shown but not counted. This page is a reference, not medical advice. It describes what regulators and published research say. Talk to a doctor or dietitian about your own diet.
Products
The 6 most-scanned of 145 products on Open Food Facts that list baby corn.
- Fresh Noodles Japanese Teriyaki BOL · 345 g 2 additives
- Chicken Katsu Curry Chef Select · 380 g 0 additives
- Sweet chilli & garlic Asda 0 additives
- Bang bang Noodle head 5 additives
- mixed vegetables with pak choi, carrots and baby corn Tenderstem · 220 g 0 additives
- Spicy laksa prawn noodles Marks and Spencer · 400 g 1 additive
References
- 1Baby corn. Wikipedia. Accessed September 30, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2Lewis HC, Kirk M, Ethelberg S, et al. Outbreaks of shigellosis in Denmark and Australia associated with imported baby corn, August 2007--final summary. Euro Surveill. 2007;12(10):E071004.2. doi:10.2807/esw.12.40.03279-en