Round-cut, portion sized
IQF Sweet Corn Cob Sections
Corn on the cob sells because it looks like corn on the cob. Cut into rounds it keeps that recognisability while becoming…
Short cuts for retail and food service
IQF mini sweet corn cobs
The mini-cob exists for a specific commercial reason: it puts recognisable corn on the cob into a pack size and a price point that a full ear cannot reach.
The problem
What usually goes wrong
A full cob is a commitment — of shelf space, of freezer volume, of plate real estate, and of the shopper's willingness to buy something they may only half use. That pushes buyers toward kernels, which are cheaper to ship but lose the visual cue that makes corn on the cob sell in the first place.
How this product answers it
Mini-cobs keep the cue and drop the commitment. Cut short from the same Pearl White ears and individually quick-frozen, they pack densely, portion by the piece, and sit comfortably in a snack-size retail bag or a mixed frozen vegetable range.
What you get
Why buyers specify it
Dense packing, same visual
Short cuts stack more efficiently than full ears, so a carton carries more saleable pieces for the same frozen volume.
A price point a full cob can't hit
Smaller pieces open snack packs, children's ranges and mixed vegetable assortments that a full ear prices itself out of.
Individually frozen, so counts are exact
Pieces stay separate in the bag, which means a fixed count per pack rather than an approximate weight of fused product.
Specification
| Source variety | Pearl White super-sweet fruit corn |
|---|---|
| Cut | Mini-cob, short cut to length |
| Freezing method | IQF — individually quick-frozen |
| Freezing temperature | −35 to −40°C |
| Ice crystal size | Under 100 microns |
| Storage | −18°C unbroken cold chain |
| Frozen shelf life | Up to 12 months |
| Packing | Retail bags and bulk cartons · OEM / private label |
| Piece length & count | To buyer specification — ask us |
Piece length and count per pack are set per order and confirmed on the order specification.
The corn itself
IQF Mini Sweet Corn Cobs in the field and the pack
Questions about this product
How short is a mini-cob?
Length is cut to the order rather than to a fixed house standard — tell us the pack and count you are targeting and we will cut to it.
Are mini-cobs a different variety?
No. They are the same Pearl White ears, cut shorter. The Brix, pericarp and colour characteristics of the variety apply to every cut.
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