Corn Varieties Different Kinds of Corn Corn is a member of the grass family of plants. Worldwide, corn is primarily used as livestock feed. Dent Corn - Dent corn is the most important commercial type of corn grown in the United States. The kernel of dent corn forms a dent on the crown of the kernel at maturity.
Dent corn is predominantly white or yellow.
Sweet Corn - Sweet corn is grown almost exclusively for human consumption, either as a fresh product or a processed product. New advancements continue to increase the amount of sugar stored in the endosperm, with sugary enhanced and supersweet corns now on the market. The first variety of sweet corn was acquired in 1779 from the Iroquois Indians. The Native Americans brought popped corn to the first Thanksgiving dinner with the Pilgrims. Each kernel of popcorn contains a small drop of water.