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I think the biggest mistake the Corn Syrup people made was naming! Instead of "High Fructose Corn Syrup" they should have called it "Low Sucrose Corn Sugar"

cyberax 2y ago
Yeah, right next to the "Evaporated Cane Juice".
- Maxion 2y ago
  Refined beets sound quite sophisticated.
  - hombre_fatal 2y ago
    Don't forget monk fruit, quite ascetic.
  - drewcoo 2y ago
    Here in the upper midwest, beet sugar is as normal as winter wheat. And "bowing to your partner" is not sophisticated. It's just the custom. Promenade!
xnx 2y ago
Concentrated grain essence
- drewcoo 2y ago
  That's Everclear! `Everclear is also used as a household "food-grade" cleaner, disinfectant, or stove fuel alcohol` https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear It's not very palatable orally, but butt-chugging is really not advised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_enema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_enema
  - dekhn 2y ago
    it's very good for cleaning glass optics in the lab.
nayuki 2y ago
Dunno why you're downvoted, but you're hilariously correct. HFCS doesn't contain sucrose (the disaccharide), but contains the two monosaccharide components of it (glucose and fructose). Functionally speaking, eating sucrose vs. HFCS (55:45) has the same metabolic effects; your body instantly cleaves sucrose into the two monosaccharides. So yeah, HFCS contains no sucrose but it tastes just like sucrose and makes you fat just like sucrose.
- fortran77 2y ago
  It's also "Low Sucrose" because it's been processed to make the Fructose/Sucrose ratio closer to that of sugar. "Unprocessed" corn syrup inverts the ratio. I'm being downvoted here because the prigs on Hacker News (see https://paulgraham.com/woke.html https://paulgraham.com/woke.html) like to say that HFCS is evil and anyone who doesn't hate it is beneath contempt. A very predictable reaction.
- globular-toast 2y ago
  Fructose tastes a lot sweeter than sucrose. This is something I never understood about HFCS. If it's sweeter, wouldn't it lead to people consuming less? In the UK there are quite a few low calorie drinks that use only fructose for this reason.
deeg 2y ago
I've thought they blew it by not calling it "sweet corn syrup".

cyberax 2y ago

Yeah, right next to the "Evaporated Cane Juice".

Maxion 2y ago
Refined beets sound quite sophisticated.
- hombre_fatal 2y ago
  Don't forget monk fruit, quite ascetic.
- drewcoo 2y ago
  Here in the upper midwest, beet sugar is as normal as winter wheat. And "bowing to your partner" is not sophisticated. It's just the custom. Promenade!

xnx 2y ago

Concentrated grain essence

drewcoo 2y ago
That's Everclear! `Everclear is also used as a household "food-grade" cleaner, disinfectant, or stove fuel alcohol` https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear It's not very palatable orally, but butt-chugging is really not advised. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_enema https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_enema
- dekhn 2y ago
  it's very good for cleaning glass optics in the lab.

nayuki 2y ago

Dunno why you're downvoted, but you're hilariously correct. HFCS doesn't contain sucrose (the disaccharide), but contains the two monosaccharide components of it (glucose and fructose). Functionally speaking, eating sucrose vs. HFCS (55:45) has the same metabolic effects; your body instantly cleaves sucrose into the two monosaccharides. So yeah, HFCS contains no sucrose but it tastes just like sucrose and makes you fat just like sucrose.

fortran77 2y ago
It's also "Low Sucrose" because it's been processed to make the Fructose/Sucrose ratio closer to that of sugar. "Unprocessed" corn syrup inverts the ratio. I'm being downvoted here because the prigs on Hacker News (see https://paulgraham.com/woke.html https://paulgraham.com/woke.html) like to say that HFCS is evil and anyone who doesn't hate it is beneath contempt. A very predictable reaction.
globular-toast 2y ago
Fructose tastes a lot sweeter than sucrose. This is something I never understood about HFCS. If it's sweeter, wouldn't it lead to people consuming less? In the UK there are quite a few low calorie drinks that use only fructose for this reason.

deeg 2y ago

I've thought they blew it by not calling it "sweet corn syrup".