High Fructose Corn Syrup is Not Natural Food
Posted on April 3, 2008 Comments (2)
HFCS is not ‘natural’, says FDA
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Industry group Sugar Association, as well as consumer groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest categorically maintain that HFCS cannot be considered natural because its chemical bonds are broken and rearranged in the manufacturing process. The debate raged on for one simple reason: FDA does not define the term ‘natural’, and it has therefore been left open to different interpretations.
However, in response to an inquiry from FoodNavigator-USA.com, the regulatory agency examined the composition of HFCS, which it said is produced using synthetic fixing agents. “Consequently, we would object to the use of the term ‘natural’ on a product containing HFCS,” the agency’s Geraldine June said in an e-mail to FoodNavigator-USA.com. June is Supervisor of the Product Evaluation and Labeling team at FDA’s Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements.
High fructose corn syrup is also high on the list of problem foods from a health perspective.
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April 3rd, 2008 @ 4:21 pm
Hmmm… I’m not too sure this passes the smell test. This is quite a departure and the staffer certainly has an opinion but FDA policy isn’t made by some GS-13 either. The article is so deceptive it looks like it was written by Big Sugar.
March 23rd, 2010 @ 8:24 am
“A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same…”