Rumors fly about this common sweetener. Here’s how it really affects weight and health, where you’ll find it, and how to spot it on ingredient labels.

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, ...

When I started to work a night shift at a bakery after cooking school, I was humbled by the odd hours. And I was equally humbled by corn syrup. At the grocery store, you’ll find two types of corn ...

Coca-Cola confirms it will start offering Coke sweetened with cane sugar in the U.S. this fall, along with the current recipe that uses high-fructose corn syrup. The announcement came after President ...

Key Takeaways Your body can't tell the difference between cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup.Eating too much of either ...

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 ...

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High fructose corn syrup — an ingredient in everything from soda to ketchup to pickles — has such a bad reputation that the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) wants to change the name of the popular ...

Tennesseans who get Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be able to use funds to buy sugary processed foods.