Corn Refiners Assoc Lobbying for HFCS

I was talking to my wife last night and she brought up these commercials she happened to witness. Maybe the Corn Refiners Association is scared that people are becoming aware of HFCS. It is amazing how high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has changed the food industry.

The commercials claim that HFCS is natural because it comes from corn. In April, the FDA debunked this. Even though the FDA has no regulations on the term natural, they still had this to say:

[From NutraIngredients.com] “The use of synthetic fixing agents in the enzyme preparation, which is then used to produce HFCS, would not be consistent with our (…) policy regarding the use of the term ‘natural’,” said Geraldine June.

“Moreover, the corn starch hydrolysate, which is the substrate used in the production of HFCS, may be obtained through the use of safe and suitable acids or enzymes. Depending on the type of acid(s) used to obtain the corn starch hydrolysate, this substrate itself may not fit within the description of ‘natural’ and, therefore, HCFS produced from such corn starch hydrolysate would not qualify for a ‘natural’ labeling term,” she concluded.

Watch the commercials below..and enjoy…I’m not a corn grower, but we definitely try not to purchase products with HFCS no matter how great they try to tell me it is.  People weren’t as fat and the diabetes rate was much lower – I don’t think it’s by accident.