High-fructose corn syrup is a liquid sweetener made from corn. When corn starch is broken down into individual molecules, it becomes corn syrup, which is 100 percent glucose, a simple sugar. Special ...

When President Trump preemptively announced that Coca-Cola would be replacing high-fructose corn syrup with cane sugar in its iconic soda in the United States — an assertion that was only partially ...

High-fructose corn syrup, prevalent in many processed foods, is a simple carbohydrate that offers minimal nutritional value and contributes to health issues like obesity. Derived from corn, ...

With sugaring season in full swing, we may again ask the age-old question of which is better: real or fake maple syrup.  Real ...

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Trivia quiz: What do Japan’s Fermentation Research Institute, Secretary of Agriculture Earl “Rusty” Butz and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan have in common? Answer: Each, in their way, helped ...