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Corn Syrup Use Drops 11%. Consumers Choose Sugar
Associated Content ^ | June 3rd, 2010 | Sherry Tomfeld

Posted on 06/03/2010 8:06:06 AM PDT by stillafreemind

Things are changing for corn syrup. Hunt's and Snapple are just 2 of the companies who have decided to listen to consumers' wants and use sugar instead of corn syrup. More and more companies are starting to jump on the no corn syrup band wagon and it is showing up in the use of corn syrup dropping 11% . The use of sugar has risen approx. 7%.

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TOPICS: Agriculture; Chit/Chat; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: consumers; cornsyrup; foodsafety; foodsupply; health; hfcs; sugar; throwback
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I don't do well with corn syrup. It gives me migraines too. But I have to tell ya, it's been hard in recent years to find stuff made with sugar instead of corn syrup. I haven't been able to drink a Pepsi since they switched over.
1 posted on 06/03/2010 8:06:06 AM PDT by stillafreemind
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To: stillafreemind

thank God... soda pop with this corn syrup crap, is just garbage.. I used to love Coke, until they added the corn syrup.. lot’s of altnertives, I realize that, but still, I’d like to see the move back to Cane Sugar.


2 posted on 06/03/2010 8:09:06 AM PDT by Chuzzlewit
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To: stillafreemind
I haven't been able to drink a Pepsi since they switched over.

For a while, Pepsi has "throwback" Pepsi and Mt. Dew sweetened with sugar. I showed my appreciation by purchasing this product. Apparently, it was for a limited time only so now I'm back to drinking Hansen's.

3 posted on 06/03/2010 8:11:59 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: stillafreemind

GOOD I hope that the Corn Mafia in my home state of Iowa gets cut off. The NEXT thing that I hope dies is Corn Ethonal...WHAT A CROCK!


4 posted on 06/03/2010 8:12:02 AM PDT by US Navy Vet
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To: stillafreemind

One of my very favorite things is Karo corn syrup.

but, as a sweetener in drinks and foods, I do prefer sugar.


5 posted on 06/03/2010 8:13:49 AM PDT by Jvette
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To: stillafreemind

But Pepsi keeps coming out with the Throwbacks and they have real sugar. You gotta watch for when they come out and stock up (if you really want a Pepsi). Coke also does real sugar at Passover and you can find those at that time - they have a different color cap. You have to live where there are Jews though. I’ve tried to find those Cokes in areas where there are no Jews and you can’t. Thank God I live near Jewish people (of course, I like them even without the Kosher coke!)


6 posted on 06/03/2010 8:15:00 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: stillafreemind; Ellendra

Excellent! Maybe sugar will catch on with more companies!


7 posted on 06/03/2010 8:15:33 AM PDT by knittnmom ("...only dead fish 'go with the flow'". - Sarah Palin 7/09)
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To: stillafreemind

I try to avoid sweets, but HFCS is the worst. The problem I’ve found is that it is in everything! I don’t need any sweetener in my yogurt, the fruit does that for me. HFCS also lengthens shelf life. I also don’t want to eat anything with a ten year shelf life, that can’t be good for me either.


8 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:00 AM PDT by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: stillafreemind
it's been hard in recent years to find stuff made with sugar instead of corn syrup.

It is best to cut out all refined sugar, but especially High Fructose Corn Syrup. This is a 90 minute video, but well worth the time.

Sugar: The Bitter Truth

9 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:04 AM PDT by FatherofFive (0bama is dangerous and must be stopped.)
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Soda pop made with sugar is worth drinking - sometimes the stuff can be bought at COSTCO... buy it if you used to like soda...


10 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php?area=dam&lang=eng)
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To: Paved Paradise

Wow. I didn’t know that. Thanks!


11 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:30 AM PDT by stillafreemind
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To: US Navy Vet
The NEXT thing that I hope dies is Corn Ethonal..

For fuel uses, sure. But there's nothing wrong with batch made sour mash ethanol for 'medicinal' use. ;)

/johnny

12 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:50 AM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Paved Paradise

GREAT NEWS


13 posted on 06/03/2010 8:16:59 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: stillafreemind
"Hunt's and Snapple are just 2 of the companies who have decided to listen to consumers' wants and use sugar instead of corn syrup."

A bit off topic:
When will Snapple switch over to plastic bottles as opposed to glass? There are broken Snapple bottles everywhere. Dogs and kids, especially, can easily cut themselves on the glass shards. Just about every beverage company nowadays uses plastic.

14 posted on 06/03/2010 8:17:02 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: US Navy Vet

I wonder what kind of mileage I’d get if I wasn’t using ethanol. Wonder how much the ethanol part of the gallon is really costing me.


15 posted on 06/03/2010 8:17:44 AM PDT by Sacajaweau (What)
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To: stillafreemind

Regular sugar, sucrose, is composed of fructose and glucose. High fructose corn syrup is composed of fructose and glucose. What’s the beef?


16 posted on 06/03/2010 8:18:19 AM PDT by Marylander
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To: goodwithagun

Rented “Food, Inc.” the other evening. I know it has a liberal bias, but if even half of it’s true, HFCS and Monsanto are two of the true evils in the world.

Colonel, USAFR


17 posted on 06/03/2010 8:20:11 AM PDT by jagusafr (Don't make deals with pirates)
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I wonder what kind of mileage I’d get if I wasn’t using ethanol. Wonder how much the ethanol part of the gallon is really costing me.

Ethanol has about 2/3 the energy per unit volume that gasoline has, so 10% ethanol will drop your mileage by about 3%.

18 posted on 06/03/2010 8:25:48 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
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To: Paved Paradise

Corn syrup isn’t kosher for passover? Why not?


19 posted on 06/03/2010 8:27:02 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: stillafreemind

Did they clear this with Michelle?


20 posted on 06/03/2010 8:28:25 AM PDT by Redleg Duke (RAT Hunting Season started the evening of March 21st, 2010!)
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