High Fructose Corn Syrup in some of the most popular snacks on the market.

Just glance at grocery store aisles and the prominent role of sweeteners becomes evident. From the many kinds of bulk sugars for sale, to the world of diet sodas, and the unsuspecting sweeteners ...

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 ...

Coca-Cola will release a cane sugar-sweetened Coke this fall. The new product will not replace high-fructose corn syrup in the original Coke formula. Health experts say both cane sugar and ...

Here's what health experts have to say.

Your body can't tell the difference between cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup. Eating too much of either sweetener can lead to health problems like weight gain and high blood sugar. It's ...

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Rats given high-fructose corn syrup were more likely to put on excess weight compared with those who ate sucrose (common table sugar), even when both groups consumed the same total number of calories, ...