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Better Farming Ontario magazine is published 11 times per year. After each edition is published, we share featured articles online.


High-fructose sugar the latest 'bad food' target

Monday, October 4, 2010

Move over fat. The newest "bad food" target is high fructose sugar made from corn syrup.

In May, ketchup maker Hunt's, owned by food giant ConAgra, announced it was ditching corn syrup from its formula because it has been targeted as a cause of obesity. Competitor Heinz is offering ketchup that is free of high-fructose sugar. Energy drink maker Gatorade chose more expensive processed cane or beet sugar.

Corn sweeteners get a bad rap, says the Center for Consumer Freedom, a coalition "promoting personal responsibility and consumer choice." Corn syrup is no better or worse than fructose made from sugar cane, the Center charges.

According to an op-ed piece written by the Center's senior research analyst, J. Justin Wilson, published in the Charlotte Observer in June: "The corn-based sweetener has been demonized by a small cadre of food activists and blamed for obesity to the point where the false image has stuck in the minds of consumers." BF
 

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