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Has High Fructose Corn Syrup Gotten a Bad Rap? Tufts University School of Medicine Study 8/16/2012 7:19:41 AM High fructose corn syrup -- the cheap alternative to table sugar -- has been so demonized by nutritionists, public health officials, and some of my colleagues that the Corn Refiners Association lobbied hard to change the product’s name to the more innocuous-sounding “corn sugar.” The US Food and Drug Administration turned the group down two months ago, saying that consumers might be confused by the name change.

Has High Fructose Corn Syrup Gotten a Bad Rap? Tufts University School of Medicine Study
8/16/2012 7:19:41 AM

High fructose corn syrup -- the cheap alternative to table sugar -- has been so demonized by nutritionists, public health officials, and some of my colleagues that the Corn Refiners Association lobbied hard to change the product’s name to the more innocuous-sounding “corn sugar.” The US Food and Drug Administration turned the group down two months ago, saying that consumers might be confused by the name change.