The human tongue has just one receptor type for detecting sweetness but about25 different ones for bitter flavors.

A bitter feud has erupted between two “sweet“ groups, partly blamed on a recent medical study that claimed that “sugar can make you dumb,” and further cast by the ruling of a federal agency rejecting one group’s attempt to refine its product’s title.

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today denied a Corn Refiners Association (CRA) petition to rename high-fructose corn syrup "corn sugar," saying

WASHINGTON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Corn Refiners Association works every day to educate consumers about high fructose corn syrup, particularly that it is nutritionally equivalent

WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent weeks, there has been a rash of inaccurate reports about all-natural sugar.