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8. Corporations Have Renamed ‘High Fructose Corn Syrup’

Fri Jan 23, 2015, 11:31 PM

Jan 2015

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Corporations Have Renamed ‘High Fructose Corn Syrup’

http://wearechange.org/corporations-renamed-high-fructose-corn-syrup/

The product is General Mills’ Vanilla Chex, an updated version of the Chex cereal sold in most conventional grocery and discount stores for many years. The front of the box clearly states that the product contains “no high fructose corn syrup” (HFCS), but turn it over to read the ingredient list and there it is – the new isolated fructose.

Why is that a problem? According to the Corn Refiners Association (CRA), there’s been a sneaky name change. The term ‘fructose’ is now being used to denote a product that was previously known as HFCS-90, meaning it is 90 percent pure fructose. Compare this to what is termed ‘regular’ HFCS, which contains either 42 or 55 percent fructose, and you will know why General Mills is so eager to keep you in the dark.

CRA explains:

“A third product, HFCS-90, is sometimes used in natural and ‘light’ foods, where very little is needed to provide sweetness. Syrups with 90% fructose will not state high fructose corn syrup on the label , they will state ‘fructose’ or ‘fructose syrup’.”

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Fructose More Toxic than Table Sugar in Mice [View all] DeSwiss Jan 2015 OP

You know what else is high in fructose? Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #1

But, there it's often bonded with sucrose... TreasonousBastard Jan 2015 #2

Isn't that what high fructose corn syrup is, fructose + glucose? nt Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #3

sucrose is the disaccharide of glucose and fructose. Xipe Totec Jan 2015 #5

You're right-- I typed too fast. TreasonousBastard Jan 2015 #7

True, but that bond is easily broken in a low PH solution Major Nikon Jan 2015 #13

Fructose is NOT the same thing..... DeSwiss Jan 2015 #6

Yeah, but are you a man or are you a mouse? Kablooie Jan 2015 #4

Corporations Have Renamed ‘High Fructose Corn Syrup’ woo me with science Jan 2015 #8

Yeah, they got turned down for ''corn sugar.'' DeSwiss Jan 2015 #19

Neither sucrose nor fructose is toxic. Exhibit A Jan 2015 #9

Even water can be toxic Major Nikon Jan 2015 #11

That's not toxicity as an inherent property of water. Exhibit A Jan 2015 #12

... Major Nikon Jan 2015 #15

+++++ uppityperson Jan 2015 #17

That still does not mean that water is toxic. Exhibit A Jan 2015 #24

What makes anything toxic is the condition of too much of it in the body Major Nikon Jan 2015 #25

I've had water poisoning. It's no joke. merrily Jan 2015 #35

I noticed you deftly omitted uttering the words...... DeSwiss Jan 2015 #20

Give me a break. Exhibit A Jan 2015 #23

Then your beef is with the people who wrote the article and entitled it. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #37

The study defeats its own conclusions Major Nikon Jan 2015 #10

Mildly interesting topic to me, I use invert syrup sometimes Trillo Jan 2015 #14

Our bodies evolved as hunter-gatherers..... DeSwiss Jan 2015 #21

Invert syrup is basically pancake syrup Trillo Jan 2015 #28

Pancake syrup comes out of tapped maple trees. That other stuff, that's for flapjacks. Bluenorthwest Jan 2015 #30

it is getting confusing. all these claims about diffkinds of sugar Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #16

Not as much as some suggest Major Nikon Jan 2015 #18

The best advice was in the last sentence above: DeSwiss Jan 2015 #22

good general advice Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #29

Gee, and they kept telling us, Gertrude Stein-like, that sugar is sugar is sugar. merrily Jan 2015 #26

The BEST advisor you have lives inside your head. DeSwiss Jan 2015 #32

I am not sure of that, but I do know that ingredients are added to addict us. merrily Jan 2015 #34

From the Princeton study: DeSwiss Jan 2015 #36

Thanks (and ugh) merrily Jan 2015 #39

Chocolate is toxic to dogs, therefore B2G Jan 2015 #27

Laboratory mice cause cancer and are toxic to humans. nt benz380 Jan 2015 #31

Laboratory Mouse sez: ''You'll be hearing from my lawyer!'' DeSwiss Jan 2015 #38

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