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Corn Syrup Crack-down

September 14th, 2008

The corn growers must be feeling the pinch from the recent backlash against High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) because they put out this unbelievable video telling you that HFCSs are not so bad. The video claims it is “OK in moderation”, but the problem is that it is in almost everything! It may seem obvious that HFCS would be in the big jug of artificially colored non-juice, but what many don’t realize is that it has been included in foods as far reaching as canned soup, frozen dinners, breakfast bars and even meat products!

Many manufacturers are yielding to the concerns that this substance probably isn’t so good for us and removing it from their list of ingredients and substituting plain old sugar. Even retailers, like PCC Markets here in the Seattle area, are banning the killer corn juice from their entire store. If this video brainwashing ploy fails, where will we put all that good cheap corn?

Maybe the corn growers and Big Tobacco should team up and produce some public service announcements proclaiming, “Have a cigarette and some Sunny D! Because you know they are OK in moderation…”

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