Down with HFCS!

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Hmm, I'm not convinced that refined sugar is any better for you, in the same amounts that we take in corn syrup.

To my understanding, the corn syrup explosion happened in part because it was a lot cheaper to produce than refined sugar from beets or cane. When it became so cheap, it was put into products that usually didn't feature sugar, and our sweet tooth became accostomed to having everything sweetened, deepening corn syrup's hold on all products.

I could be wrong though, nothing to cite on this.

[katiesue]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Hmm, I'm not convinced that refined sugar is any better for you, in the same amounts that we take in corn syrup.

To my understanding, the corn syrup explosion happened in part because it was a lot cheaper to produce than refined sugar from beets or cane. When it became so cheap, it was put into products that usually didn't feature sugar, and our sweet tooth became accostomed to having everything sweetened, deepening corn syrup's hold on all products.

I could be wrong though, nothing to cite on this.

I'm too lazy to look but my understanding is that HFCS is heavily subsidized which is why it's so cheap and why it gets put into so much stuff it shouldn't.

[Morrigoon]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I'm too lazy to look but my understanding is that HFCS is heavily subsidized which is why it's so cheap and why it gets put into so much stuff it shouldn't.

Link

Due to federal agribusiness subsidies, every dollar of profits earned by ADM's corn sweetener operation costs consumers $10. Of the $113.6 billion in taxpayer commodity subsidy payments distributed by the USDA between 1995 and 2004, corn drew $41.8 billion -- more than cotton, soy, and rice combined. What's wrong with this picture?

(Admittedly that page is a little... biased. But it provided a handy quote)