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Sugar & High Fructose Corn Syrup Fighting Over Which Is Worse For You
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 20, 2012 5:00 PM   62 Comments
Sugar and high fructose corn syrup — both have been associated with health problems like obesity and diabetes. But they sugar doesn't want to belong to any kind of club with its rival, and in fact, the sugar industry has filed a lawsuit accusing the corn industry of false advertising. More »

Big Sugar Accuses Big Corn Of Conspiracy To Deceive Public With 'Corn Sugar' Ads
By Chris Morran on November 21, 2011 12:15 PM   62 Comments
Last month, the judge in the sugar industry's lawsuit over ads that try to rebrand high fructose corn syrup as Corn Sugar allowed the suit to move forward but removed the individual corn companies as defendants. Now, Big Sugar has fired the latest legal missle, amending its complaint to accuse those corn companies of conspiracy to deceive the public. More »

SNL Spoofs Smarmy Corn Syrup Ads
By Ben Popken on May 16, 2011 10:00 AM   59 Comments
SNL this week parodied those ridiculous and condescending "truth about corn syrup" ads the industry put out last year. You know, the ones where a person tells another person, "oh, that's corn syrup, you know what that's about" and then is unable to back up the claim with any data. They then promptly crumble under the other person's withering logic and stream of facts about how corn syrup is awesome. More »

Pepsi Throwback Becomes Permanent
By Ben Popken on March 17, 2011 5:00 PM   155 Comments
Pepsi "Throwback," a version made with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, will has been upgraded from "limited time" to "permanent," the sodamaker announced on its Facebook wall. No more driving down to Mexico or waiting for Passover to snatch some up. You can now enjoy the all-natural sugary pick-me-up beverage as an occasional treat and compliment to your favorite nutritious meals and snacks all year-round. More »

HFCS Rebranding As "Corn Sugar"
By Ben Popken on September 14, 2010 12:00 PM   253 Comments
Much-maligned high fructose corn syrup is getting a makeover. The Corn Refiner's Association is vying to get the stuff officially renamed as "corn sugar." The process will take years, but the propaganda has already begun. More »

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Ask Heinz If It Makes Non-HFCS Ketchup, Get Health And Diet Lecture
By Phil Villarreal on April 15, 2010 8:45 AM   160 Comments
Drew wrote into Heinz asking if they company makes any ketchup that isn't infested by oh-so-bad-for-you high-fructose corn syrup. Instead of a simple "no," he got a lecture on diet and exercise. More »

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Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Considered A Natural Ingredient?
By Chris Morran on April 5, 2010 12:25 PM   74 Comments
We get a lot of readers writing in to ask us whether or not a product containing High Fructose Corn Syrup can be labeled as "natural" or "all natural." The latest was from Kirby, who questioned whether HFCS-containing "All Natural" sodas are indeed "all natural." And, at least according to the FDA, the answer is "yes." More »

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Science Says High-Fructose Corn Syrup Is Pretty Much The Worst Thing Ever
By Phil Villarreal on March 24, 2010 8:00 AM   136 Comments
Those spoilsport researchers at Princeton are off spreading the word that sweet, delicious high-fructose corn syrup is as bad for your diet as Taylor Swift music is for your soul. The substance, found in soda, cookies, salad dressing and pretty much everything else that tastes good, is worse for you than fat or sucrose. More »

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Food Companies Start Listening To Customers, Ditch High Fructose Corn Syrup
By Laura Northrup on March 17, 2010 12:00 PM   131 Comments
Do Americans feel strongly enough about high fructose corn syrup to seek out food without it? Will anyone go out of their way and pay extra to find soda or ketchup without the controversial corn-based sweetener? AdAge reports that some companies are removing it from their products, but have discovered that marketing the change without alienating consumers who weren't aware of or simply don't care about the presence of HFCS poses unique problems. More »

Will The Soda Tax Do Anything To Curb Obesity?
By Chris Morran on March 1, 2010 10:55 AM   148 Comments
There's a movement in New York to have the state pass a so-called "soda tax" that impose taxes on soft drinks containing more than 10 calories per 8 ounces. Among the beverages included would be just about all non-diet sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks, sweetened coffees and teas (only in bottles), and fruit and vegetable juices containing less than 70% natural juice. According to the ads being run by the supporters of the tax, the goal is to curb childhood obesity. But will it really work? More »

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Study Shows High Fructose Corn Syrup May Cause Obesity, Diabetes, Heart Disease
By Laura Northrup on December 17, 2009 12:45 PM   189 Comments
A University of California study on human subjects seems to indicate what food activists have long believed: high fructose corn syrup has special qualities which cause humans to pork up like animals in a feed lot. Oh, and it also may help cause life-threatening chronic diseases. The study was small, but frightening. More »

Kids Design Cute Heinz Ketchup Packets, Learning Important Early Lessons In Mass-Market Commodification
By Ben Popken on October 20, 2009 8:24 PM   45 Comments

—>Today my sandwich came with these Heinz ketchup packets with cute little designs on them, part of an insidious plot to sell more ketchup.  More »

Coke's 90-Calorie Can Will Still Have 5 Teaspoons Of Sugar
By consumerist.com on October 20, 2009 4:53 PM   103 Comments

—>As part of its ongoing efforts to "help consumers balance calories consumed with calories expended," Coca-Cola plans to roll out a 90-calorie can later this year. The 7.5-ounce can will include about 5 1/2 teaspoons of sugar (or high-fructose corn syrup), and may sell for about 50 cents per can.  More »

New Coke Labels Show How Many Empty Calories You're Drinking
By consumerist.com on October 2, 2009 9:21 PM   63 Comments

—>Coca-Cola is getting ready to roll out new labels that will prominently display the calorie count for each bottle or can. "Now more than ever, people expect facts about the products they consume to be both readily available and visible," said CEO Muhtar Kent. What facts won't be on those labels? Any information about where the calories come from, like, say, high fructose corn syrup, is relegated to its traditional spot in the Nutrition Facts box. But with most non-diet sodas, the math is pretty easy: If the label says 100 calories, that's pretty much 100 calories of sugar or corn syrup.  More »

Mercury: High-Fructose Corn Syrup's Secret Ingredient?
By Alex Chasick on August 13, 2009 8:29 PM   105 Comments

—>First, we learn of a possible sugar shortage, now an article by Mother Jones finds that part of the production procedure for high-fructose corn syrup might involve contaminating it with mercury. Basically, today is the best day ever for the president of NutraSweet.  More »

Are The Most Common Fast Food Ingredients Actually Food?
By Laura Northrup on May 11, 2009 12:27 PM   122 Comments

—>Sure, many of us read Fast Food Nation and had nightmares for weeks afterward. Or, I did. William Harris analyzed fast food menus and broke down the most popular ingredients for a How Stuff Works article. Only one item on the list is something that I would acknowledge as "food."  More »

Do Consumers Really Care About High Fructose Corn Syrup?
By Laura Northrup on April 30, 2009 1:52 PM   206 Comments

—>We've been getting reports from readers that Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback are showing up in stores. Heartening news since Passover Coke season is over. "The second ingredient (after water) is 'Sugar' not the dreaded HFCS. Oh, and it is delicious," Wyatt in Minnesota told us.  More »

Passover Is Coming, And It's Your Chance To Buy Real Sugar Products
By Chris Walters on March 2, 2009 9:17 PM   143 Comments

—>Passover is a holiday that has special meaning to everyone, regardless of faith, because it's the time of year when some food and drink companies release products sweetened with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). If you want to stock up on real sugar Coca-cola or u-bet chocolate syrup (which I've never heard of, but John Hodgman seems to like), or if you just want to see whether you can really taste a difference between HFCS and cane or beet sugar, now's your chance.  More »

How Much HFCS Is In Ketchup?
By Ben Popken on January 27, 2009 2:39 PM   116 Comments

—>I was looking again at the quote from Con-Agra in regards to trace amounts of mercury found in HFCS-laced foods like ketchup, and the thing is, people don't just eat ketchup. HFCS is everywhere.  More »

Teeny Bits Of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup Foods
By Ben Popken on January 27, 2009 3:58 AM   69 Comments

—>Did Jeremy Piven eat 200 lbs of ketchup a day? According to a new study, which found trace amounts of mercury in a number of high-fructose-corn-syrup laden foods like Coke, Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars and ketchup, maybe so.  More »