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Sugar is hidden in over 80% of processed foods under a variety of names, including high-fructose corn syrup. Here's why it's bad for you.
Fructose “is the sweetest of the common sugars,” McGee says, which makes high-fructose sweeter than regular corn syrup. Unlike corn syrup, high-fructose corn syrup is not sold on the shelves ...
And by 1999, the average American was putting away over 63 pounds of high fructose corn syrup. In the last ten years, HFCS usage has plummeted by more than 20% as consumers have grown increasingly ...
In the United States, HFCS is among the sweeteners that have mostly replaced sucrose (table sugar) in the food industry. [7] [8] Factors contributing to the increased use of HFCS in food manufacturing include production quotas of domestic sugar, import tariffs on foreign sugar, and subsidies of U.S. corn, raising the price of sucrose and reducing that of HFCS, creating a manufacturing-cost ...
In 1999, sugar consumption in the U.S. peaked at nearly half a pound per person per day, but has declined since then. High fructose syrup (HFCS) consumption, which in 1999 amounted to over 65 lb per person per year, largely in form of sugar-sweetened beverages, dropped to 39.5 lb by 2021. [18]
On September 14, 2010, the Corn Refiners Association applied for permission to use the name "corn sugar" in place of "high-fructose corn syrup" on food labels for products sold in the United States. According to a press release, "Consumers need to know what is in their foods and where their foods come from and we want to be clear with them ...
Whether the sugar comes from table sugar (sucrose) or high fructose corn syrup, too much can harm your health. Most of our healthiest jams and jellies have less than 6 grams of added sugar per ...
In the United States, added sugars may include sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup, both primarily composed of about half glucose and half fructose. [7] Other types of added sugar ingredients include beet and cane sugars, malt syrup, maple syrup, pancake syrup, fructose sweetener, liquid fructose, fruit juice concentrate, honey, and molasses.