It's beets and cane versus corn, with a lawsuit recently filed after Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill started rebranding high-fructose corn syrup as a more healthy-sounding "corn sugar." According to the lawsuit, high-fructose corn syrup producers, concerned about declining sales, decided to run ads saying corn sugar is the same as cane and beet sugar and that it's a natural product, claims the plaintiffs say are false.
"The way corn is grown and subsidized in the U.S., it's so darn cheap that food manufacturers put it in everything. We're not making an ounce-for-ounce exchange of table sugar for high-fructose corn syrup. In fact, we're eating massive amounts of high-fructose corn syrup. ... If manufacturers had to put real sugar, they would not be able to make such a big profit."
The second issue involves the chemical make-up, Garber [of Michigan Sugar Co., a Coop] continued. Table sugar is about 55% fructose and 45% glucose, but recently, high-fructose corn syrup has been shown to contain 65% fructose. Glucose and fructose aren't metabolized the same way; the latter has been linked to increased fat production.
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