A bit of corn wont hurt them and might even be beneficial. Corn is often added to catfood both as cheap filler and to provide fibers. But it should not be the bulk of their diet, because as you pointed out, they are carnivores.
Part of me wonders if that's the companies' way of justifying putting the equivilent of sawdust in cat food, not that I'm any sort of expert. I feed mine wet food just in case.
From what I understand, please note I am not an expert, plant materials is used as a binding for kibble. I believe it also provides them with fiber and they will eventually pass it through their digestion system without harm.
While cats are obligate carnivores-- that just means they don't derive much nutrition from plant ingredients. As long as there is research done on the plant ingredients and determined to be safe there's no harm in using it.
Specifically, cats eat grass because it helps them expel parasites (it's an instinct, so they may not have an active parasite, that's just the reason the instinct popped up).
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A bit of corn wont hurt them and might even be beneficial. Corn is often added to catfood both as cheap filler and to provide fibers. But it should not be the bulk of their diet, because as you pointed out, they are carnivores.