Abstract:Waxy corn,normal corn and sweet corn were used to compare the correlation between their palate,nutritional and flavor quality.The nutritional and flavor quality of three kinds of corn were identified.The result show that the sensory taste is an effective method for identification of eating quality of waxy corn.Various nutrients of waxy corn are higher and more balanced than that of the other two,which makes the waxy corn owning sweet,waxy,tenacity and smooth quality simultaneously.The content of sugar and amylopectin in the endosperm is closely related to the taste.The flavor quality of waxy corn is mainly indicated by the fragrance of lipid and wax,with palmitic acid,linoleic acid,16-carboxylate ethylester and so on as the main ingredients.