high fructose corn syrup

plural high fructose corn syrups · alternative high-fructose corn syrup

1. USuncountableusuallyA type of corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose in order to produce a desired sweetness.

   Let's take a look at the sweetener used in most soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup.

   2005, W. Allan Walker, Eat, Play, and Be Healthy

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   In 1982, high fructose corn syrup production amounted to 8.4 billion pounds with a value well in excess of one billion dollars.

   2005, P.R. Yadav, Raijv Tyagi, Industrial Biotechnology, page 174

   Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr. Ludwig, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard[…]

   2006, Connie Bennett, Stephen Sinatra, Sugar Shock!

   Not because high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any worse for you than sugar, but because it is, like many of the other unfamiliar ingredients in packaged foods, a reliable marker for a food product that has been highly processed.

   2009, Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, →ISBN, page 11

   Synonyms: HFCS, isoglucose, glucose-fructose syrup, glucose/fructose, maize syrup, high-fructose maize syrup, corn sugar