Recent news on Fructose

Why Is Corn Syrup In So Many Foods?  -  25 May 2007
NBC 11.com,She said she was devastated that everything she had been packing in her son's lunch -- including bread and peanut butter -- had high fructose corn syrup

Hypocrisy In Action: The USDA Funds Unhealthful Foods But Promotes ...  -  25 May 2007
CarbWire.comYou see, all around us, folks are overeating potentially dangerous sugary, fatty, high-calorie, nutrient-poor, processed junk foods laden with high fructose

Pomegranate juice is too sweet; tea's a treat  -  25 May 2007
Louisville Courier-Journal,...(Note to Pom: Why not eliminate the added fructose?) But it's light and has a true tea taste, and I'ma sucker for a free glass.

Buyers may have a cow: Milk price to match record  -  25 May 2007
Sacramento Bee,Corn is the leading feed for US livestock as well as the source of many common food ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup.

Showcasing India  -  25 May 2007
Express Pharma,SA Pharma primarily distributes products made out of starch like cyclodextrin, fructose and carnitine. The company has more than six scientists working

Gotta love...Summer!  -  25 May 2007
Boston Herald,How about one that uses cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, and comes in flavors that pair perfectly with spirits? Nantucket’s own Stirrings is

Top 10 Thursday: Star Wars Celebration IV  -  25 May 2007
IGN,In this case, what the audience wants is enough sugar saturated candy to launch a Tony Montana style binge of enriched fructose convention roaming frenzy.

A purebred bistro on Mercer Island  -  25 May 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer,That translates to no artificial sweeteners for coffee, or ingredients that contain high fructose corn syrup. It means the water is triple filtered,

Your health  -  25 May 2007
Sur,...because frequent consumption can cause decay, but remember to check food labels for ‘hidden’ sugars such as glucose, sucrose and fructose and beware of

Nibbles: Fast-food diet dangerous to mice  -  25 May 2007
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News,...health effects of a diet filled with fat and sugar, so they gave mice a diet that was 40 percent fat and high in high fructose corn syrup for 16 weeks.

This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades  -  25 May 2007
Motley Fool4 ingredients in the firm's trademark ketchup in the forms of high fructose corn syrup and corn syrup. The rising price of corn -- a raw material that Heinz

Flavored water pumps up Neviot results  -  25 May 2007
Globes,The flavored water uses fructose as a sweetener, but contains no artificial food coloring, preservatives or artificial sweeteners. A few days ago,

High fat, high fructose diet damages the liver  -  May 23, 2007
Food Consumer,American diet featured with high fat food and high fructose corn syrup may cause severe liver conditions in sedentary individuals, according to a new study

Liquid Fructose Gives Ratty A Fatty Liver  -  May 18, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),Here's yet another bit of research connecting fat to fructose-laden beverages A study recently published in Hepatology shows that fructose-laden water (10%

Parents: watch what you're putting in that sippy cup, UF experts ...  -  May 20, 2007
exduco.net,Unlike water and low-fat milk, fruit juices and sodas are laden with fructose, a type of naturally occurring sugar that could trigger obesity in humans,

Reducing sugar in your diet may help you shed pounds  -  May 23, 2007
Chicago Daily Herald,Based on this anecdotal evidence, if you've recently hit a plateau on your weight-loss road, try cutting out sugar - all of it, including high fructose corn

Orafti Exits the Fructose Business  -  May 10, 2007
Food Ingredients First (press release),10/05/07 The Orafti Group has decided to stop its production of fructose, on the back of the recent changes to the EU sugar regime.

Sweet addictions in the new millennium  -  May 21, 2007
Rio Rancho Observer,With great coincidence and impeccable timing, Japanese scientists were busy inventing a process that changed corn fructose (cornstarch) into glucose and

Soda makers watch corn syrup prices jump  -  May 21, 2007
BusinessWeekSoft drink manufacturers are paying more for high fructose corn syrup, but major producers like Coca-Cola Co. and Pepsico Inc. will stick with the

Cane sugar puts the sweet pleasure in specialty soda pops  -  May 16, 2007
Monterey County Herald,Before high-fructose corn syrup started dominating the pop market (and Americans' diets) in the late 1970s,soda was made with sugar.

Ohio schools should bring back gym class  -  May 20, 2007
Canton Repository (subscription),I remember eating my share of junk food, but the food industry had not yet begun using high-fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oil to save money.

Go Slow on Summer Sippy Cups  -  May 17, 2007
The Ledger,The problem with juice is fructose, a type of naturally occurring sugar. Fructose doesn't signal the body to produce insulin. Insulin, a hormone that turns

Classes Offered to Help People with Diabetes Plan Healthful Meals  -  May 23, 2007
Mexia Daily News,Sugar is sometimes listed as sucrose, glucose, fructose, high fructose corn syrup, honey, lactose, maltose, dextrose and sugar alcohols such as sorbitol or

May 13: Growing healthier diets  -  May 13, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),Michael Pollan's comments regarding high-fructose corn syrup may be misleading. There is no credible scientific evidence to suggest that HFCS is a unique

NuVim First Quarter Results Show Financial and Business ...  -  May 16, 2007
Business Wire (press release),The new formula eliminates high fructose corn syrup and has fewer calories per serving. In March we began the test with Kroger stores and in April we

The lowdown on Whey Low  -  May 23, 2007
Arizona Daily Star,That's because Whey Low is made of natural sugars — sucrose, fructose and lactose — not artificial ingredients. Zehner, who holds a doctorate in chemistry,

LETTER: Bee die-off warns of food supply problem  -  May 15, 2007
SouthCoastToday.com,Moreover, when commercial beekeepers truck bees across the nation, the forced migration means bees are fed a limited diet of high fructose syrups,

Eating Ourselves to Death  -  Apr 26, 2007
Minyanville.com,The fructose in high fructose corn syrup alters the lipid metabolism in the liver and presents a calorie overload to which the body’s metabolism is unable

Confessions of a recovering candy addict  -  May 15, 2007
Miami Herald,...in search of packaged treats made without refined sweeteners (eg, white, raw, brown or turbinado sugar; corn syrup; fructose; high-fructose corn syrup).

The sweet stuff is tempting, but how bad is it for kids?  -  May 14, 2007
Northwest Herald,Glucose, sucrose, fructose, maltose. They’re all forms of sugar, along with corn syrup and molasses. About four grams equals one packet of sugar.

Probing Question: Are sports drinks better than water for athletes?  -  May 11, 2007
PhysOrg.com,Though some experts believe that sugars such as high fructose corn syrup have health drawbacks, Kenney says that the type of carbohydrate used in sports

Tyson Foods CEO Predicts Continued High Corn Prices  -  May 17, 2007
Today's THV,Expensive corn is blamed for rising prices on an array of food and beverages, including those containing high fructose corn syrup.

Finding Answers For Yogurt, Russian Journalists And Grapefruit  -  Apr 30, 2007
Evening Bulletin,This recommendation is also offered: Don't avoid fruit out of a misguided effort to avoid fructose, which is also called fruit sugar.

Going to a Seahawks Game? Don't Order Coke or Pepsi  -  May 24, 2007
AOL SPORTS,Jones boasts that it uses pure cane sugar -- rather than high fructose corn syrup -- in all its drinks, but I really, really hope it doesn't use gravy in

Magic ingredient needed for diet soft drinks  -  26 Apr 2007
FoodNavigator-USA,A sensory panel trained for four weeks was able to pick out subtle differences in the feel of different drinks containing different levels of high fructose

Magic ingredient needed for diet soft drinks  -  26 Apr 2007
NutraIngredients.com,A sensory panel trained for four weeks was able to pick out subtle differences in the feel of different drinks containing different levels of high fructose

Coca-Cola Enterprises 1st-quarter profit slips  -  26 Apr 2007
ReutersN: Quote, Profile, Research) drinks grappled with soaring prices for aluminum cans and high fructose corn syrup and restructuring costs.

Homemade Bagels A Whole (wheat) New Experience  -  26 Apr 2007
Nebraska StatePaper.com,Then, not wanting to miss a package that may have gotten scooted all the way to the back behind the white-flour, high-fructose-corn-syrup death bagels,

Nibbles: Panel calls for ban of junk food at schools  -  26 Apr 2007
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News,...to be the mouth-feel that’sa major problem: diet soda doesn’t have the thickness and body of regular soda because it’s lacking high-fructose corn syrup.

Aw, Shucks!  -  26 Apr 2007
The Ledger,Sugar is sweetJones Soda Co., a Seattle firm with a reputation for edgy flavors, has dumped high-fructose corn syrup in flavor, er favor, of good,

Figure Skater Peggy Fleming Teams With HealthSaver: Skating to ...  -  26 Apr 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Use the nutrients label to identify sugar ingredients such as corn syrup and fructose. Though each person's calorie intake differs, the Nutrient Facts label

Bruininks must answer for Coca-Criminals  -  26 Apr 2007
Minnesota Daily,The Coca-Cola Company, based in Atlanta, is one of the largest companies in the United States, and it has become this by selling its high-fructose syrup to

Fructose intolerance  -  Apr 23, 2007
The Brunei Times,WHEN small children develop a dislike of sweet foods, the cause can be a so-called fructose intolerance, Germany's professional association of

NuVim ® Increases Sales for the 4 th Consecutive Quarter versus ...  -  Apr 25, 2007
Business Wire (press release),...“We believe that one factor helping the increase in sales was the first quarter introduction of the new formula eliminating high fructose corn syrup,

Be sweet to your kids and cut back on the fructose  -  Apr 19, 2007
Agoura Hills Acorn,High fructose corn syrup, a processed sweetener found in everything from soda and sports drinks to pretzels, hamburger buns and ketchup is a main culprit in

Bang for the buck foods  -  Apr 25, 2007
AZ Central.com,To make matters worse, these truck-fed bees are buzzing from high fructose corn syrup and artificial supplements akin to energy bars for the 18-wheel trek

A high-fructose kinda good time  -  Apr 19, 2007
Arkansas Times,Friday night, fledgling local label Thick Syrup takes a giant step for Arkansas music with the release of its "Arkansas Compilation," a 24-track collection

High fructose corn syrup doesn't cause obesity  -  Apr 13, 2007
Welland Tribune,In her , Recognizing High-Fructose Corn Syrup as a Sneaky Saboteur,, (April 10 edition of The Tribune) Jill Young-Lee unfortunately mischaracterizes this

High Fructose Diet Increases Triglycerides in Healthy Lean Young Males  -  Apr 9, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),A study published in the December 2006 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition showed that high fructose consumption doesn’t raise insulin

High-fructose corn syrup: Why is it so bad for me?  -  Apr 5, 2007
MayoClinic.comHigh-fructose corn syrup is a sweetener and preservative used in many processed foods. It is made by changing the sugar in cornstarch to fructose — another

High fructose corn syrup: a safe, natural sweetener  -  Apr 6, 2007
Amador Ledger-Dispatch,Dorothy Smith, Amador County advisor for the University of California, Davis cooperative extension, mischaracterizes high fructose corn syrup in the Feb.

Beyond high-fructose fuel  -  Apr 9, 2007
Concord Monitor,It is used to feed livestock, is a vital component of hundreds of processed foods, and is widely used as a sweetener - high-fructose corn syrup - in soft

Founder's Corner: Mercury, Fructose, and the ME-CFS Connection  -  Mar 28, 2007
ProHealth's ImmuneSupport.com,In a fascinating study recently presented by Dr. Kenny De Meirleir, 45% of ME-CFS sufferers had a condition known as fructose malabsorption.

High Fructose Corn Syrup in Natural Products Is Perfectly Natural  -  Mar 30, 2007
American Chronicle,The March 24 article “Uncovering Hidden Sugars in Foods for Children,� by Margaret Mead unfortunately mischaracterizes high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) by

Thirsty sweet tooth? Soda company has fix  -  Apr 19, 2007
Palm Beach Post,Previously, the company's beverages were sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup, which is used by most soft-drink makers including the two giants,

Name your poison By Paul Jacob  -  Apr 15, 2007
Town Hall,I mean, of course, "high fructose corn syrup." This mad-scientists' sugar gets stuffed into nearly everything from cakes to colloids these days, and it is,

GOT WELLNESS?  -  Apr 19, 2007
The Student Life,Ingredients like sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup, dextrose, glucose, fructose, maltose, brown sugar, cane juice, muscovado sugar, and Sucanat are all

Study Reveals How Drunken Bats Sober Up  -  Apr 10, 2007
LiveScience.com,In the past, scientists have suggested the simple sugar fructose, which occurs in fruits and honey, could help the body break down ethanol.

Say no to syrup  -  Apr 19, 2007
Fort Wayne News Sentinel,Instead of sweetening their sodas with the norm - high fructose corn syrup - which has gotten some bad press regarding how unhealthy it is for us,

It's Not About The Firearms  -  Apr 18, 2007
OpEdNews,...(The non-snark answer is that the white man in the suit selling high fructose corn syrup is the one to fear, given the choice.)

Bats Get The Munchies Too!  -  Apr 2, 2007
Science Daily (press release)The sugar molecule, fructose, is known to reduce the toxicity of ethanol. Therefore, scientists investigated the effect of consuming fructose on ethanol

Panel Wants Cookie to Crumble  -  Apr 11, 2007
Fairfield Citizen-News,The School Nutrition Improvement Panel also has concerns about snacks served at the upper schools that contain high fructose corn syrup such as ice pops,

Is Red Grape Juice Really the Answer to Our Ills?  -  Apr 3, 2007
Epoch Times,The sugar in fruit juices such as red grape juice comes, essentially, in the forms of glucose and fructose. As I have written before, while fructose is

Foodmakers hide amounts of 'stealth sugar'  -  Apr 1, 2007
Arizona Republic,Pick up a processed food, from bread and cereal to salad dressings, soft drinks and soups, and you're likely to find a common ingredient: high-fructose corn

Strange disorder has scientists, beekeepers buzzing  -  Apr 24, 2007
Dallas Morning News (subscription),In 1997, Dr. Pankiw said, large numbers of bee colonies were lost because beekeepers fed them a type of high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener used in baked

New POWERBAR(R) Performance System Integrates Advanced Sports ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
PR Newswire (press release),Recent published human studies demonstrate that consuming a specific ratio of glucose and fructose carbohydrates can increase the rate at which the body can

Hydration Redefined: Pure Electrolyte Water vs. Sports Punch  -  Apr 9, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),The types of sweeteners listed on the label were sucrose syrup and high fructose corn syrup. Further, it contained artificial flavors and colors and didn’t

How bats beat their hangovers!  -  Apr 2, 2007
DailyIndia.com,For the study, researcher Francisco Sanchez from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel) investigated the effect of consuming fructose on ethanol

New Film, "King Corn," Captures The Limelight in Wisconsin: Will ...  -  Apr 16, 2007
The Common Voice,..."The ingredients list on many kinds of packaged food reveal a lot of processed corn, from the corn fed to beef cattle to the high fructose corn syrup in

Interview with a Pediatric Endocrinologist: Dr. Morey Haymond  -  Mar 29, 2007
Diabetes Health (press release),But they do have high amounts of their own glucose, and fructose, and sucrose in some cases. The sugar that’s found in natural fruit juices is the same

Bat's secret to sobriety  -  Apr 11, 2007
LabnewsOnline,Francisco Sanchez and colleagues at Ben-Gurion University in Israel found the sugar molecule, fructose, is the bat’s secret to sobriety.

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