High Fructose Corn Syrup.
A Rogues Gallery for an Insidious, Addictive, Dangerous Food Additive.
By J. Warren Richardson, this is a public service project based on anecdotal, ongoing research. © 2009 all copyrights waived.
Revised: Saturday, April 17, 2010

This page is found at: www.green-metroplex.com/Assorted/Warnings/regarding/Corn_syrup/Use.html

Type 2 Diabetes is a major health problem in developed countries. It is directly linked to obesity, especially by the type of fat that stores itself around the midsection of a body; basically they weigh more than their healthy weight range. The fat clogs up the bodies' cells' ability to absorb sufficient nutritional energy in the form of gluten from the digestion of food after eating.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is inert. In and of itself it is empty calories without any nutritional value at all. It is considered a high quality food preservative; deemed "Safe" by the FDA. it's sometimes actually used as a weight gain supplement by some Doctors. It is directly utilized by feed lots as a fast weight gain tool not only for cattle but shrimp, fowl, pork, etc. It is cheap and used to supplement any number of foods containing ingredients that sell better when sweetened to varying degrees.

So called "Diet" soda and many other sugar free and other beverages are sweetened almost exclusively with High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). It is also used to "flesh out" the sweetening characteristics of sweet foods such as honey or canned fruits in syrup; that is because HFCS is much cheaper than honey, sugar and other food sweeteners by themselves.
Source: American Food Journal and Food and Drug Administration.

High Fructose Corn Syrup has one major drawback in common with its derivative, malto dextrose an inert food preservative; they do not satisfy the bodies' internal hunger mechanisms. As a result, just like feed lot cattle which can only be force fed corn products for about nine months to fatten them up for slaughter before they die of malnourishment; High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup and Malto Dextrin contribute to one's penchant for overeating until their fat destroys their health by becoming overweight.

The head of the U.S. Land Bank set a mandate about 30 years ago to subsidize corn so that "No American will go hungry." Even with the advent of bio-alcohol for gasoline, the subsidies continue to keep the price of corn far below what they would cost otherwise, in spite of the added pressure for more and ever more domestic bio-fuel. As such, virtually all captive fed livestock including cows (who are grass eaters, not grain eaters by their nature), pigs, chickens, turkeys, catfish, shrimp, salmon, etc., are fattened for market with corn feed before being harvested... Thus, captive fed livestock pass their inert fat up the food chain to their human consumers.

For more information about Type 2 Diabetes go to:

American Diabetes Research Center
and Blubber Buster

Source: Food and Drug Administration, ADRC & Blubber School.

.Coca Cola tops the HFCS Rogues Gallery as the highest High Fructose Corn Syrup content per liter of carbonated beverage of all time used to mask the third most prolific ingredient in this five ingredient beverage (Water, HFCS, Salt, Ascorbic Acid and Soda.) The purpose of the HFCS, of course is to mask how incredibly salty the drink is such that one is thirsty within moments after ingesting it and thus increase sales and profits for Coca Cola Bottling Co.

HFCS Rogues Gallery

HFCS Rogues Gallery

Arby's Marinara Sauce
Buttery Flavored "soda" Crackers (All Brands)
Chick-fil-A Mayonnaise Sandwich Spread Condiment

Cobblestone Mill Sourdough Bread
Coke
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Coffee Mate, French Vanilla, None Dairy Creamer

Country Kitchen Original Pancake and Waffle Syrup
DelMonte Ketchup

Diet Cola (All Brands)
Doritos Flavored Corn Chips
Dr. Pepper Soft Drink
Equal 0 Calorie Sweetener
Fiber One Chewy Bars
Fiesta Hamburger Buns
General Mills Cheerios
Great Value Hot Coco
Great Value 0 Trans Fat Crackers
Heinz 57 Sauce
Heinz Tomato Catsup
Kroger Hot Dog Relish
 
Hungry Jack Complete - Pancake Mix
Keebler Club Crackers
Kool-aid (Presweetened)
Kellogg's Pop-Tarts
Miracle Whip Sandwich Spread
Most Commercial Bread (Unless advertised as HFCS free)
Most Canned Fruit in Syrup
Most prepackaged Sweet'n Sour Chinese Dishes
Nabisco Crackers and Cookies (Most types)
Nestles Milk Chocolate
No calorie (sugar free) soft drinks (All Brands).
None Dairy Creamer
Ramen Chicken Noodle Soup
Saltine Crackers - Bleached Flour - All Brands
Southern <brand> Dry Roasted Honey Peanuts
Splenda No Calorie Sweetener
Sprite Soft Drink
Sugar Free Breakfasts (Most Brands)
Van Camps Pork and Beans in tomato sauce
Welch's Sparkling Fruit Punch
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Front Label of Kountry Kitchen Original Log Cabin Syrup Back Label of Kountry Kitchen Original Log Cabin Syrup
 

Country Kitchen Original Pancake and Waffle Syrup Ingredients (in order of quantity)

"Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Water, Cellulose Gum, Natural and Artificial Maple Flavor, Salt, Preservatives (Sodium Benzoate, Sorbic Acid) Caramel Color, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Mono<glyderides) and Diglycerides."

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Southern Dry, Honey Roasted Peanuts Lablel

 

Southern Dry Honey Roasted Peanuts
Ingredients
(in order of quantity)

"Peanuts, Sugar, Honey, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Cornstarch, Xanthan Gum."

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Cobblestone Mill Sourdough Bread
Ingredients
(in order of quantity)

"Enriched Wheat Flour (flour, malted barley, flour, Niacin, reduced iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Yeast, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains 2% or less of each of the following: Salt, Soybean Oil, Acetic Acid, Vinegar, Sodium Stearoyl, Lactylate, Monoglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Cellulose, Tapioca Starch, Wheat Starch, Enzyme, Soy Lecithin, Calcium Propionate and Citric Acid (to preserve freshness). Manufactured in a facility that also processes products containing Soy."

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Welch's Sparkling Fruit Soda Punch
Ingredients (in order of quantity)

Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Gum Acacia, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Glycerol, Ester of Wood Rosin, Red 40.

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"No American will go hungry" Quoted Source: Documentary video entitled, "King Corn" 2007

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Created on 1/3/2009 Revised 04/17/2010 by J. Warren Richardson.
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