Latest High-fructose corn syrup Stories

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It started with the name. Now four of the nation's largest corn processors are attempting to blame the Sugar Association. The problem is their product - high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) - and the fact that is not the same as natural sugar. After failing to gain approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to change the name for HFCS to "corn sugar" and then to stop a major national lawsuit against them,...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As concerns grow around the controversial industrial sweetener, High Fructose Corn Syrup, one of the nation's most respected consumer advocacy groups, Citizens for Health, is sponsoring a petition to tell the US Food & Beverage industry that American families do not want the man-made ingredient in the products they buy. Its petition on FoodIdentityTheft.com is in response to a new campaign launched recently by the companies that make...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Citizens for Health, a consumer action group based in Washington D.C., recently filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to focus on products that have concentrations of man-made high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) higher than 55 percent. The non-profit focuses on health activism to keep consumers informed. With this mission in mind, the goal of the petition is to protect consumers from the illegal use of HFCS...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Citizens for Health, one of the nation's oldest and most respected consumer action groups, has filed a petition with the Food & Drug Administration that seeks to protect consumers from the illegal use of the man-made sweetener High Fructose Corn Syrup (or HFCS) that contains concentrations of fructose above 55%. The FDA has only authorized the use of HCFS in foods and beverages at or below 55% fructose concentration - the level...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Researchers, studying the effects of corn syrup and sugar, recently looked at the elements that can influence an individual’s diet. The new study discovered that sugar and high fructose syrup perform as well as a reduced calorie diet. The researchers stated that, if an individual’s overall caloric intake is decreased, then the individual should lose weight while consuming the same amounts of sugar or high fructose corn syrup....

SHREWSBURY, Mass., Aug. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study published in Nutrition Journal shows that people can lose weight while consuming typical amounts of sugar or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) if their overall caloric intake is reduced. "Our research debunks the vilification of high fructose corn syrup in the diet," said James M. Rippe, M.D., one of the study authors. "The results show that equally reduced-calorie diets caused similar weight loss regardless of the type or...

WASHINGTON, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Corn Refiners Association (CRA) said today it is eager to defend the right of consumers to be informed that high fructose corn syrup is just another kind of sugar, following a decision by a federal judge to include trade association members as defendants in a lawsuit brought by processed sugar interests, including the Sugar Association. "This ruling is solely about who is included in the lawsuit and has no bearing on the merits...

LOS ANGELES, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U. S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall today ruled that agribusiness giants Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), Cargill and others accused of a national advertising campaign to conceal the truth about high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) cannot escape liability. The companies had argued that they could do so by hiding behind their trade association, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA). Attorneys for Western Sugar Cooperative and...

BANGKOK, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Environmental Investigation Agency: For the fourth year in a row, Brazil, China and India have prevented formal talks at the Montreal Protocol on proposals to end global production and use of the most powerful known greenhouse gases (GHGs). Their positions at this week's MP Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group were in direct contravention of language that all three nations agreed to in...

Soda, energy and fruit drinks all have one thing in common: they’re all high in added sugar. Doctors, researchers and nutritionists make the argument that sugar should not be a major part of the nation’s diet. Simply cutting out soda, energy and fruit drinks reduce sugar consumption and combat weight gain, said Los Angeles weight loss surgeon Dr. Hooman Shabatian. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Excessive sugar consumption may be one of the leading reasons two-thirds of...