High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been making headlines for years—and usually not in a positive light. Often used as a replacement for cane sugar in sodas, candies, and other sweet snacks, it’s ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — The average person doesn’t usually read the label on their favorite snack before opening it up and enjoying, but with harmful ingredients like High Fructose Corn Syrup in some of ...

Just glance at grocery store aisles and the prominent role of sweeteners becomes evident. From the many kinds of bulk sugars for sale, to the world of diet sodas, and the unsuspecting sweeteners ...

High-fructose corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn. When corn starch is broken down into individual molecules, it becomes corn syrup, which is 100 percent glucose, a simple sugar. Special ...

If you’re like most Americans, you consume 17 teaspoons (tsp) of added sugars per day. Corn syrup — whether liquid or solid, and with or without fructose — is an added sugar that may contribute to ...

Yesterday the Food and Drug Administration denied the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petition to rename high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as “corn sugar,” a request they had made almost two years ago, ...