High Fructose Corn Syrup Rebrands Itself

It is worth posting for the first time in eight months for this: high-fructose corn syrup is now being called “corn sugar” on food ingredient labels. I ran across this article last fall and wondered if this was actually going to happen. Yesterday the label on the chocolate cakes at Costco proved that the time has arrived.

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3 Responses to High Fructose Corn Syrup Rebrands Itself

  1. Vanessa Tran says:

    Hi Jodi. I didn’t know you have time to write this much about what’s going on in your life. It is quite delightful to read. I also want to know which hospital you are at and your email. Just want to see what’s going on over there on the east coast. Thanks and have a good day.

  2. Patricia Tichi says:

    interesting….I wonder if it says that on our ketchup that says “no high fructose corn syrup????

  3. Evan says:

    I did some follow-up digging on this (which took ages) and I have some details to update with here. Costco says:

    Dear Evan,

    We appreciate you taking the time to email Costco Wholesale.
    I am sorry that is has taken awhile to get back to you, I have received the following e-mail in regards to your question.
    Corn Sugar is the term allowed for Dextrose. It has been the policy of The Long Company for as long as the labeling laws have existed to choose to list dextrose as corn sugar. It has nothing to do with High Fructose Corn Syrup. Unfortunately, the HFCS fight to allow HFCS to be labeled as corn sugar will make this get even more convoluted.
    Thank you,

    Brenda
    Costco Wholesale Corporation

    So, a couple of things to emphasize:
    1) Corn Sugar TODAY still just means Dextrose (which is just a type of Glucose, which in this case comes naturally from corn)
    2) Corn Sugar IN THE FUTURE may well mean “secret HFCS” if the corn lobby gets their nefarious way (see http://www.cornsugar.com/)
    3) And perhaps most important… the very tasty All-American Chocolate cake does NOT have HFCS in it. Whew!

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