Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce and Kraft’s…

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1. foyle says:

   November 19, 2009 at 4:38 pm

   I firmly believe HFCS is a direct contributor to our obesity epidemic. Our bodies do not process HFCS the same way as cane sugar, thus you can drink 2 liters of Dr Pepper with HFCS and not necessarily feel full, but drink a “real” 12 oz Dr Pepper made with real sugar (available in Texas and in the NC mountains) and you will feel full!

   HFCS is the bane of the American diet — just go through your local grocery and pick up items randomly — tons of HFCS in just about every packaged and canned good! Yuck…
   • Art Stone says:

     November 19, 2009 at 5:38 pm

     Fairly recently, Burger King “upsized” its sodas again…. “medium” is now huge – I’m guessing 24 oz – it doesn’t say on the cup anywhere I could find.

     On my trip to the new Whole Foods store (nobody commented on my pretty pictures!), I was on the lookout to see if they were keeping HFCS out of the things they sell, and to the extent I looked (the place was crowded), that seemed to be the case. I’m beginning to notice a few products specifically adding “contains no HFCS” on the label.

     From my reading on the subject, it isn’t just that it’s HFCS… fructose in general doesn’t cause a release of insulin and the hormone that suppresses hunger… but fructose hasn’t been used that much as a general purpose sweetener because of its cost (and its fruity taste) – but with subsidized low corn prices, HFCS becomes more attractive (and the shutdown of sugar production in Florida and tariffs against sugar from Brazil also are a factor).

     Replacing HFCS with another type of fructose doesn’t really change the problem. The big issue was that people didn’t know/realize the significance of it being put into soda. Most “fruit juice” is heavily spiked with pear juice, which is also just tons of fructose…. Fruit juice has a lot more calories per ounce than coca-cola, but you don’t typically drink 24 oz of it at once….
     • jmyrlefuller says:

       November 19, 2009 at 5:48 pm

       Fruit juice is also usually spiked with copious amounts of Vitamin C as a tartness enhancer, too. Depending on the flavor, beta carotene (Vitamin A) is also fairly common for coloring.

       Not usually so with most HFCS-sweetened drinks (Sunny Delight and Tang being notable exceptions, but I think Tang uses real sugar).
2. dsrtwillow says:

   November 19, 2009 at 5:14 pm

   It’s in dill pickles! Go figure. Actual food is getting harder and harder to find.

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