High fructose corn syrup doesn’t have to be labeled as high fructose corn syrup anymore!?

The issue is not the more accurate labeling of “fructose,” but the many misconceptions regarding high fructose corn syrup that allow “no high fructose corn syrup” to be an effective marketing label.

A common misconception is that HFCS is “high” in fructose compared to most sweeteners, but the truth is that it’s only “high” in fructose compared to the corn syrup it was derived from, which is purely glucose. HFCS-55 contains a similar ratio of fructose to glucose as both sugar (sucrose) and honey, and HFCS-42 is even lower in fructose than all of the other options. Pure sucrose is 50 percent fructose and 50 percent glucose, which is chemically bound. This chemical bond is rapidly broken down by the sucrase enzyme in the intestine, which releases fructose and glucose for absorption. HFCS often gets confused with pure fructose, which it is not.

Studies comparing intake of sucrose, HFCS, and other similar sweeteners such as honey have found they exert similar metabolic effects.

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