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What is high fructose corn syrup? Is high fructose corn syrup bad for me?
I work as a cashier in a big grocery store and I am seeing a lot of products saying things like, "No high fructose corn syrup!" and stuff. I don't think I saw it a couple of years ago and it's making me curious what the stuff is and if it's bad to ingest. It's like the companies are advertising it because it's a super good thing that their product doesn't have HFCS.
The packages are from big name companies too like Pillsbury (cookies), Snapple (natural teas), Miracle Whip, and even Pepsi had these new throwback drinks that didn't have it in the mountain dew or original Pepsi.
So, what's this high fructose corn syrup stuff and why are they getting rid of it in products?
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high fructose corn syrup is a high amount of sugar made out of corn and put in a form of a syrup. right now they are saying it is very bad for you because it is like splenda the sugar substitute, that is said to harm you in some way or another. there are alot of trends out there in the food market, like once they said that chocolate wasn't good for you or you shouldn't drink milk. this may be a fad the food company is trying to roll over. but in my option this product is like any other sugar substitute. and like sugar it isn't really good for you but it should be fine in moderation. i am no expert on this product so you might also want to try to goggle the protect or ask a boss or someone trained in the food market for more information.
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It's a sweetener derived from corn.
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From what I can gather, it's nutritionally the same as sugar. A lot of people use the argument, "Ewww, they feed it to animals! How could you put that in your body?" Well, we feed plenty of foods to animals. Like lettuce, corn, and apples.
It's been advertised a lot lately because of a demand for natural, organic, un-processed food. And honestly, I think it's a good thing. It's not necessarily the HFCS that's bad- it's the fact that you just drank a thirty-two ounce soda sweetened with it, and soda is bad for you. Personally I try to eat things that have sugar as opposed to HFCS, if only because I think it tastes better. Soda made with sugar is SO delicious! Go to Canada and drink their soda, seriously =)
So basically, it's disappearing from products because the people buying them don't want HFCS.
Oh, and the Throwback thing was actually a tribute of sorts to the 1960s, complete with retro packaging and the 60s formula, which contained sugar instead of HFCS.
Hope I helped you =)
-LM
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