AFAIK, US big sugar (sucrose) is a protected industry. The commodity costs nearly double the world price. In comparison, here in Canada, sugar is priced at world market prices.
If the above is true, it’s no wonder that large U.S. food processors have substituted HFCS for sucrose, wherever they could.
the us sugar industry is protected. the us corn industry is not. nothing better for you than karo.
As usual, if you look hard enough, you discover at the bottom of every problem in the US is Uncle Sam.