> Cheap corn syrup does not incentivize more sweetening. No one is rewarded more for putting more of an ingredient that costs money in a product. Um, sure they

> Cheap corn syrup does not incentivize more sweetening. No one is rewarded more for putting more of an ingredient that costs money in a product. Um, sure they are. As sugar gets cheaper and cheaper, the incentives are to substitute sugar for other ingredients that are more expensive. Look at the "fat free" foods--they've got whopping amounts more sugar than their normal counterparts, for example.