The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) has petitioned the FDA to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup to Corn Sugar. They want to clear up any misbelieves that the product isn't natural. For it is made with corn hence the name corn sugar. But the forget to tell you that it is chemically altered and zapped into the product. It isn't even 100% fructose it can be a high as 58% glucose..
HRCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) sales are at a 20 year all time low.... Now the new ad campaign is to change the name and even more commercials on TV a brand new website Sweet Surprise dot com.... Where they have some experts telling us that the sugar is natural and the body doesn't know the difference - even after studies show that it is. With links to diabetes in study from Rutgers University as well as obesity as a Princeton Study shows. Mercury in the product also according to the Ethicurean The heavy metal blamed for autism and many brain disorders See they use caustic soda is to separate corn starch from the corn kernel. See the caustic soda is made in industrial chlorine plants that where the mercury becomes part of the HFCS. FDA and USDA knew about this and did NOTHING! But here is a site that has a list of the worst and the top of the list Oatmeal to go......
Yes, HFCS is ok in moderation.. but truly look at your labels and you will see that many items have HFCS in them. The diabetes study shows that just adding the compound found in tea can off set the effect in diabetics..... Many people also say the obesity study could be wrong due to the fact the subjects could be also eating high processed foods, with additives. preservatives and colorings. Yea that can't help the cause either, so that is more reason to cut down on all of them!!
Sales of items that have labels of Contains No High Fructose Corn Syrup are popping up all over the place. Log cabin syrups, ketchup's, both Heinz and Hunts, many things even the throw back sodas! So I think that the public is catching on..... I also hope if the FDA agrees with the name change that most consumers will catch on to that too... Guess No corn sugar isn't as strong sounding as No High Fructose Corn Syrup!
What do you think? A name change fair? Have you cut back eating htings with HFCS?
well even if they choose change the name of HFCS most additives in processed foods are corn or soy based anyway
ReplyDeleteif you feed corn and soy to farm animals they get bigger faster so it only makes senses that in humans it would have the same effect.
I don't think they should change the name. It's deceitful. If people are staying away from HFCS it's for a reason. Why not make things with pure cane sugar instead?
ReplyDeleteI watched the documentary King Corn. Two guys made corn syrup themselves. You see all of the chemicals added to it. It made me see just how unnatural HFCS is.
I didn't know about the mercury. Thank you for sharing this post!