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Corn was first domesticated by native peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. Modern corn is believed to have been derived from the Balsas teosinte (Zea mays parviglumis), a wild grass. -
Despite some controversy, it became clear that maize was first introduced into Europe by Colombus, who brought it back from the West Indies to southern Spain in 1493.
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Historically, corn syrup was produced by combining corn starch with dilute hydrochloric acid, and then heating the mixture under pressure. The process was invented by the German chemist Gottlieb Kirchhoff in 1811.
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Invented in 1842 by Thomas Kingsford, superintendent of a wheat starch factory in Jersey City, New Jersey, cornstarch was originally used for laundry and other industrial applications.
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United States
Created by John Harvey Kellogg W. K. Kellogg
Main ingredients Milled corn, sugar, malt flavoring