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To: Mase
"High fructose corn syrup is desired by industry because it's cheaper than sucrose..."

Until you subtract the taxpayer subsidies courtesy of the corn lobby.
74 posted on 03/21/2009 11:06:28 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (1st call: Abbas. 1st interview: Al Arabiya. 1st energy decision: halt drilling in UT. Arabs 1st!)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast
Until you subtract the taxpayer subsidies courtesy of the corn lobby

Actually, you can thank domestic sugar producers for the price supports that make sugar prices so much higher here than the world price. End their grip on Congress and you'll find sucrose being used to sweeten beverages again rather than HFCS.

88 posted on 03/22/2009 7:48:25 AM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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