HFCSfacts.com - the facts about high fructose corn syrup

The Corn Refiners Association responds to myths regarding high fructose corn syrup contained in the book "The Sugar Fix" by Dr. Richard Johnson.

The Corn Refiners Association addresses a comment by a Food & Drug Administration employee regarding whether High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is natural. The official FDA position on products made with HFCS is unchanged, and those products can be described as "natural" under current regulations.

High-fructose corn syrup is not bad for you – not that it matters.

From an ingredient standpoint, high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is one ingredient that's sinking in popularity. I believe we passed the "tipping point" last year, culminating two decades of a simmering rumble against the sweetener. A 2007 International Food Information Council study found 60 percent of American consumers claimed they were trying to consume less high-fructose corn syrup.

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This letter to the editor, published in the Journal of Nutrition, seeks to debunk claims that there is a unique causal link between beverages sweetened with high fructose corn syrup and type 2 diabetes.