The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) has launched an 18-month campaign to give high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) a makeover. According to Time, the TV commercials show people enjoying red punch and popsicles, all made with some good old HFCS.
The message in the CRA's Sweet Surprisecampaign is that high-fructose corn syrup is simply a sweetener made from corn, has no artificial ingredients, has the same amount of calories as sugar, and is ok to eat in moderation.
Marion Nestle, nutritionist and food policy expert, somewhat agrees with the CRA. According to Nestle, HFCS is the same as table sugar, biochemically. The problem is that HFCS is in almost everything now, resulting in Americans eating a lot of it. If you've ever tried to grocery shop without buying anything with HFCS, good luck. Even finding a bread that doesn't contain HFCS feels impossible.
So there you have it. It's not that HFCS is worse than any other sweetener. It's just that we are eating too much of it.
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