produces more appetizing. The manufacturers are able to advertise their products as sugar-free due to the use of added sugars or what is commonly known as Splenda or high fructose corn syrup. According to Readers Digest in their article “4 Most Harmful Ingredients in Packaged Foods”‚ they claim that high fructose corn syrup is used commonly throughout all processed foods because it is a cheaper
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From its debut in the 1970s‚ high fructose corn syrup has been widely adopted into America’s food and beverage industry. Because of high fructose corn syrup’s similarity to table sugar‚ it has served as a substitution for table sugar in America’s diet. Unlike table sugar‚ high fructose corn syrup is a liquid substance. Being a liquid‚ high fructose corn syrup has been able to manage an array of food’s textures and freshness. High fructose corn syrup seems to be the optimal alternative to table
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WHAT IS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP? * High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a calorie-providing sweetener used to sweeten foods and beverages‚ particularly processed and store-bought foods. It is made by an enzymatic process from glucose syrup that is derived from corn. A relatively new food ingredient‚ it was first produced in Japan in the late 1960s‚ then entered the American food supply system in the early 1970s. HFCS is a desirable food ingredient for food manufacturers because it is equally
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High Fructose Corn Syrup We owe a great deal to the Native Americans who introduced the Pilgrims to the maize plant. They were the first to realize its great potential as a main stable in our diets. We took that simple little plant and transformed it into the most grown grain in the United States. It has been genetically enhanced to the point that it can now produce two hundred bushels of corn or better per acre (Pollan‚ p.37) making corn the ideal item to be transformed into our sweetener
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ingredients in processed foods‚ and unfortunately one of the most popular ingredients‚ is high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is produced from corn starch; it also includes predominately fructose and glucose. It has higher proportions of fructose than regular corn syrup‚ usually forty-two or fifty-five percent more‚ with the remaining sugars being glucose and other sugars. High fructose corn syrup is a sweetener that can be found in thousands of food and beverages throughout the United States
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High fructose corn syrup is a well-known food additive that is listed as a primary ingredient in most food products. It is very common is most of the population’s daily diet and it is ordinary to find it in our foods. People are constantly advised to minimize the consumption of it because of the variety of negative health effects it causes from in-taking too much of this factor. But what really is high fructose corn syrup? What foods is it found in? Is it really as unhealthy as it is claimed to be
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Health Effects of High Fructose Corn Syrup Abstract: What is high fructose corn syrup? Is it some kind of disease making machine? High fructose corn syrup is causing many problems in the United States and two of the main problems are obesity and type two diabetes. There are also many other diseases that branch off from these two main diseases‚ like liver and heart disease. In this paper‚ the reason why high fructose corn syrup is becoming such a huge problem in the United States will be explored
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producing these products. I found myself putting this assignment off all week since it did not sound like a book that would interest me. The assignment was to review one of the three sections of the book and I chose part one: Industrial/Corn‚ where it is explained that corn is the main crop grown in America. Despite this‚ the book goes on to explain that farmers are in serious trouble. I anticipated a long‚ boring reading session where I would struggle to find the words to review this section because
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King Corn Curtis Ellis and Ian Cheney just graduated college and have recently heard that their generation is the first one in history to have a shorter life span than its predecessor. In the initial investigation to find the fatal source‚ they get their hair tested‚ hair being a constant recorder of all things consumed. Once established that corn was the main part of their being‚ they became curious as to why corn‚ a simple vegetable‚ would want to harm them. Now heading to Iowa the heart
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The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup Rhonda Sullivan DeVry University Sugar is Not Sugar: The Dangers of High Fructose Corn Syrup Every one has seen the infamous TV commercial with the young couple sitting in a park on a blanket‚ innocently sharing a Popsicle made out of High Fructose Corn Syrup. The female offers her male cohort a portion of the frozen treat‚ responding to his hesitance with the disreputable claim hosted by the corn industry‚ “sugar is sugar
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