The No High-Fructose Corn Syrup List
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup?
The biggest change is a link to the list right at the very top of every page! And the categories and other parts of the site are more obvious and easier to find.
Enjoy the new site!
-Sherry, Your High-Fructose Corn Syrup Blogger
What is High Fructose Corn Syrup? According to Wikipedia, “High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) refers to a group of corn syrups which have undergone enzymatic processing in order to increase their fructose content and are then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to reach their final form. The typical types of HFCS are: HFCS [...]
This AP article reports that FDA labeling director Barbara Schneeman has expressed (in writing) concern over two of the corn industry’s websites using “corn sugar” and “high fructose corn syrup” interchangably. The name change has not yet received regulatory approval. ~Sherry – Your No High-Fructose Corn Syrup Blogger Be Sociable, Share! Tweet
I visited a favorite yogurt shop recently, and I asked the merchant for a nutritional info list, and the she showed me a bulletin board with 20 + ingredients, including HFCS. She blew off my concernsaying that “everything in America is corn syrup.” Guess I won’t be going there anymore. How can yogurt shops, proporting to be healthy. get away with this deception?
Hi,
I was wondering if you had noticed that the corn industry is now referring to HFCS as “corn sugar” and “corn sweetener”, and having other companies do the same, which makes reading labels quite scary. If HFCS can be called “corn sugar”, then some companies might just list it as “sugar.” It seems now that “sugar” can mean anything from cane sugar to beet sugar to this “corn sugar” nonsense. I am especially concerned because I know that some companies (see articles on the “sugar” in Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback) list sugar as an ingredient but they are not using cane sugar. If beet sugar can be shortened to “sugar,” what’s to stop companies from listing HFCS as “sugar” since it is now being called corn sugar? I am starting to think I will have to cook everything (bread, pasta, condimants) for myself pretty soon just to avoid HFCS.
I have checked several different grocery stores in several states and still haven’t found Vlasic sweet gherkins without high fructose corn syrup. Can anyone tell me where I can find these? I’m looking for ones made with regular sugar and not sugar free (or HFCS of course). Thanks.