Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Forget that High Fructose Corn Syrup Ad

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury "HFCS has replaced sugar as the sweetener in many beverages and foods such as breads, cereals, breakfast bars, lunch meats, yogurts, soups and condiments. On average, Americans consume about 12 teaspoons per day of HFCS, but teens and other high consumers can take in 80 percent more HFCS than average." -- Washington Post

I'm guessing corn refiners are going to pull this add now: