Ten days into the sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) jury trial, it’s over. All the parties — and there were many in Western Sugar Cooperative, et al. v. Archer Daniels-Midland Company — agreed to end it and pick up their own costs and attorneys’ fees. They also
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Letter From The Editor: Sugar
Alcohol and tobacco have both been the subject of a social-political war in the United States. We went from one extreme to another on the spectrum of alcohol regulation, even doing time with prohibition. Except for my memories of elections over “dry” versus “wet” counties in the Midwest, most of
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FDA Says Just Don’t Call It “Corn Sugar”
High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) cannot be called “corn sugar,” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined.
A citizen’s petition filed with FDA by the Washington D.C. Corn Refiners Association (CRA) on Sept. 14, 2010 and supplemented on July 29, 2011 requested the name change.
But in a letter
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A Sticky Situation for FDA
I worry a lot about the ability of the FDA to set limits on the excess marketing practices of food companies. The latest cause for worry is the seemingly trivial fuss over what to call High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS).
HFCS is not especially high in fructose (its fructose content
FDA Asked To Permit “Corn Sugar” On Label
Sugar is sugar, so the Corn Refiners Association would just like to call theirs “corn sugar” instead of “high fructose corn syrup.”
The association has formally asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow it to use the term “corn sugar” as an alternative to high fructose
The American Diet: A Sweet Way to Die
I am often asked what foods I avoid because they may carry a risk of contamination with pathogenic organisms. I have a very short list of foods to avoid on principle based on concerns about the potential for bacterial adulteration. But I am increasingly concerned about the general quality of
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High Fructose Corn Syrup – 'Natural' or Not?
So, let’s say I was making you dinner, and in preparing one of the ingredients was “fixed to a column by the use of a synthetic fixing agent, glutaraldehyde.” Even if I told you that I washed off all the “unreacted glutaraldehyde,” would you be willing to call the dinner
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