Fuck You, Governmental Agencies Part 4566354453

[Eric P]

http://www.corn.org/FDAdecision6-13-08.pdf

One would think that the Corn Refiners Association would be busy enough right now that they could sit back and relax, but instead they are starting a big marketing campaign to beat back the Michael Pollans, Daniel Imhoffs and Richard Johnsons of the world who complain that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is making us fat. They are taking it to the public with a big new $30 million ad campaign, saying that the stuff has the "same natural sweeteners as table sugar and honey."

They have the courts behind them; Stacy Holk went after Snapples at the FDA for claiming that their product was "all natural," when it was full of HFCS, noting that there is nothing natural about the process of making the stuff:

"Cornstarch is first treated with a purified enzyme, alpha-amylase, to produce shorter chains of sugars called polysaccharides. . . . The polysaccharides (short chains of sugar) are then broken down even further by adding a second enzyme called glucoamylase. . . . The addition of glucoamylase to the polysaccharides yields the simple sugar glucose."

The FDA concluded that it was natural, and in June the US District Court upheld them. So don't believe that "all natural" label- it's meaningless

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/corn-syrup-producers-advertise.php

As for the ad campaign, Debra Eschmeyer at the Ethicurian puts it better than I could:

"I find the Corn Refiners Association’s chutzpah unbelievable. Our already failing health care system is ill-prepared for the absolute crush and cost of the coming wave of diabetics, yet industry is spending millions of dollars to persuade us to partake of even more empty calories. With 30% of the U.S. population considered obese, the last thing our country needs is more sugar of any kind."

::Wall Street Journal; via the ::Ethicurian

[Tauntaun]

high fructose corn syrup is teh bad!

[Eric P]

[C]ornstarch is first treated with a purified enzyme,
alpha-amylase, to produce shorter chains of sugars
called polysaccharides. . . . The polysaccharides
(short chains of sugar) are then broken down even
further by adding a second enzyme called glucoamylase.
. . . The addition of glucoamylase to the
polysaccharides yields the simple sugar glucose. In
lieu of using alpha-amylase or glucoamylase, acids may
be used in the HFCS production process. A third
enzyme, gluco-isomerase, then converts glucose to a
mixture of about 42 percent fructose and 50 to 52
percent glucose with some other sugars (or short
polymers of glucose) mixed in. While alpha[-]amylase
and glucoamylase are added directly to the slurry,
pricey glucose-isomerase is packed into columns and the
sugar mixture is then passed over it. The sweet liquid
with 42 percent fructose is used as HFCS 42 in some
applications. To obtain a higher percentage of
fructose in HFCS, two or more steps are necessary.

shit, that's practically spring water

[abrader]

who cares - all ya gotta do to stay slim is fuck and dance alot.

[Eric P]

fuck Fiji and Deer Park and San Pellegrino, I want my Des Moines, Sac City,

[MrAngryFace]

who cares - all ya gotta do to stay slim is fuck and dance alot.

You forgot cocaine.

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I need to watch that again this weekend. His best movie ever.

[Brehvolution]

As for the ad campaign, Debra Eschmeyer at the Ethicurian puts it better than I could:

"I find the Corn Refiners Association’s chutzpah unbelievable. Our already failing health care system is ill-prepared for the absolute crush and cost of the coming wave of diabetics, yet industry is spending millions of dollars to persuade us to partake of even more empty calories. With 30% of the U.S. population considered obese, the last thing our country needs is more sugar of any kind."

::Wall Street Journal; via the ::Ethicurian

She needs to man(woman?) up and say that lack of self control is the real problem for people being obese. She should be focusing her efforts to control others self control instead of attacking 1 out of thousands of companies that make products with a certain kind of sweetner. SMH