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    AP Exclusive: Official slams corn syrup rebranding

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has cautioned the corn industry over its use of the term "corn sugar" to describe high fructose corn syrup before the proposed new name has received regulatory approval.

    The move comes after the processed syrup courted controversy for its role in America's obesity crisis and diabetes epidemic.

    The Corn Refiners Association is seeking permission to use "corn sugar" as an alternative name for the widely used liquid sweetener currently labeled on most sodas and packaged foods as high fructose corn syrup.

    In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FDA labeling director Barbara Schneeman wrote to the Corn Refiners Association saying she was concerned with two of the group's websites, both of which use the terms high fructose corn syrup and "corn sugar" interchangeably.

     

    106 comments

    • DipFit  •  8 mths ago
      Is high fructose corn syrup any more damaging than regular sugar?
      • AWolf 8 mths ago
        yes
      • GJB 8 mths ago
        Some people think so. I think the more processed anything is, the less the body knows what to do with it. "Dextrose" is obtained from processing corn starch. Your body naturally does that. But "high fructose" corn syrup goes through extra processing to become what it is.
      • Lone Wolf 8 mths ago
        It's basically liquid sugar! Anything liquid enters the body quicker than in a solid state therefore these carbs don't get processed enough and go right to your blood stream which overloads your sytem and causes many problems for the body!
    • Preston  •  8 mths ago
      I am just a little ignorant here. What is the difference between corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup? You buy corn syrup at the store to put on your pancakes, waffles, and french toast. To me corn syrup is corn syrup, and corn starch is corn starch. When any sugar or starchy food is consumed in excess it turns to fat in the body.
      • Ula ✠ 8 mths ago
        HFCS is made with battery acid. Still want some?
    • sean  •  8 mths ago
      it doesnt matter what you call it, these companies and corporations need to quite poisoning Americans, period.
    • GoodGuyGoneBad  •  8 mths ago
      I don't buy anything with the word corn in it. I lost 25 lbs and am in the best shape of my life.
      • Scott 8 mths ago
        doubt it, there is corn more places than you think
    • Imagine  •  8 mths ago
      Dumobots were paid 5 trillion dollars for this 'study.' Affirmative racism really is working.
    • Scott  •  8 mths ago
      corn syrup, sugar, whatever doesn't make kids or adults fat....get off your butts and do something...if you're fat its becasue you are lazy !!! DO SOMETHING, eat less, exercise, peel your #$%$ off the couch and go outside...its not sugar's fault, its your fault !!! own it !!!
    • cape cod gene  •  8 mths ago
      There is absolutely NOTHING natural about high fructose corn syrup Try to avoid it but it is zillions of products.
    • William North  •  8 mths ago
      that #$%$ a ant hill and obama buried up to his neck whould get along very well
    • Bobi  •  8 mths ago
      reposted... Corn sugar can be produced by refining high fructose corn syrup but high fructose corn syrup can not be produced by refining sugar of any kind. That suggests that these two items are not the same chemically and may well produce different effects on the body when consumed. That's what current research is indicating. Calling a cat a dog won't produce a good guard animal.
    • JEFF  •  8 mths ago
      We deserve another recession. What else besides that or a really major war can stop all the lies, lies, and more lies?
    • Joe D  •  8 mths ago
      Sugar is linked to obesity? Say it ain't so.
      • Scott 8 mths ago
        being lazy is linked to obesity? say it ain't so
      • Joe D 8 mths ago
        That ain't so. Read "WHY WE GET FAT" by Gary Taubes.
    • Vintage Expert  •  8 mths ago
      SOME link it to obesity??? only SOME??? the ones that didn't were paid NOT to find a link to obesity
    • Vintage Expert  •  8 mths ago
      Sugar is BAD just remember that, no matter how it's branded, if it's sweet it's bad.
      • Scott 8 mths ago
        Not so...I eat a sweets.....but I exercise, I'm healthy and happy, everything in moderation
    • Dan  •  8 mths ago
      If we got back to the way Americans ate in the late 1940's, early 1950's, without the use of fluoridated water, DDT's or any DOW CHEMCIAL created toxic, persistent pesticides and children/young adults got completely off anti-depressants, we could watch the population not only become more normal weight wise, but back to what made Amerika great. If you like Communism, Keynesian Economics, and using slow kill chemicals to fix every problem, you will be in a world of hurt. Nevermind, we're their already!!
    • Spartnut  •  8 mths ago
      What's wrong with corn syrup? It's been labeled that way for years. It's sweet, so it must have sugar in it. If you are eating too much of it, slow down. Get off your duff, move around, eat better. PERIOD!!!!
    • c  •  8 mths ago
      It's time for us to get back to the basics with our food. Dump the processed food, eat the real stuff and watch the lbs. melt away!
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    • Joe  •  8 mths ago
      HFCS is no worse for you than any other kind of sugar syrup, but that doesn't mean the name needs to change. If people don't want the ingredient in their food then changing the name isn't going to do anything anyway. It should stay the same.
    • peter  •  8 mths ago
      Would just one reasonable person explain what the big deal is other than more Government wastrels writing more asinine regulations. People get fat because they consume too many calories and it does not matter much where they come from - greasy chicken and hohos in the ghettoes or too much buttered lobster and truffles in Washington. Both the Corn Refiners Association and the FDA need to get a life. As far as all the fat pigs - YUK.
    • Dan  •  8 mths ago
      Amerikan industrial farming practices monoculture and they don't use crop rotation. The soil is so badly eroded today, that you get virtually zero nutrients out of your food. Overuse of the soil, planting of GMO crops, decades of persistent pesticides (DDDT's) have taken their toll.
    • Jessepal  •  8 mths ago
      Let's put the blame where it belongs for the all the fat people in the US-lack of exercise,fast food joints,sitting on one's rear at the computer and TV,little Johnny and Sally being driven everyplace they need to go-we used to walk or ride our bikes-don't see that anymore!
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