Unfortunately much of that is the use of corn syrup as a sweetener. It’s an inferior product to cane sugar and a product that may well trick the body and promote weight gain. But it costs much less and has replaced cane sugar in most commercial food products. Some small bottlers still use cane sugar in their soft drinks.
you’re preaching to the choir here.
high fructose corn syrup is in everything, including mcdonald’s ketchup.
hfcs goes into the blood stream immediately.
i avoid it.