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The USA is almost schizophrenic about food. On the one hand, god forbid anything is unpasteurized, on the other - all the corn syrup you can handle. On a some

The USA is almost schizophrenic about food. On the one hand, god forbid anything is unpasteurized, on the other - all the corn syrup you can handle. On a somewhat related subject, I know this is a story about a startup, but does it feel like someone's testing what stories will crack HN?

cdr 18y ago
What's wrong with corn syrup?
- biohacker42 18y ago
  You are being taxed to fund the production of a much more expensive sugar substitute. High tariffs on cane sugar are there to protect corn farmers, but the wast majority of businesses enjoy no such protections. Because some things like hard candy just can not be made with corn syrup, some hard candy manufactures have moved factories to Mexico. Note that it wasn't labor costs that made them move, it's the fact that imported sugar has tariffs, but manufactured hard candy - 100% sugar, does not. This costs the US productive manufacturing jobs. And lastly, in some people's subjective experience many things made with cane sugar just taste better. Many people who have tasted both US and Mexican or Canadian coke or pepsi claim this, but again that's subjective.
- joeyo 18y ago
  Corn syrup consumption (at least the high fructose variety) has been implicated with an increased risk of: * obesity [1] * diabetes [2,3] * hypertension [4] * atherosclerosis [5] 1. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/537 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/537 2. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19526192.800-diabetes-fears-over-corn-syrup-in-soda.html http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19526192.800-di... 3. http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/54/7/1907 http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/54/7/1... 4. http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/bio_rech/mrh/e-docs/00/04/2B/47/resume.phtml http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/bio_rech/mrh/e-... 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2006.09.002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2006.09.002

cdr 18y ago

What's wrong with corn syrup?

biohacker42 18y ago
You are being taxed to fund the production of a much more expensive sugar substitute. High tariffs on cane sugar are there to protect corn farmers, but the wast majority of businesses enjoy no such protections. Because some things like hard candy just can not be made with corn syrup, some hard candy manufactures have moved factories to Mexico. Note that it wasn't labor costs that made them move, it's the fact that imported sugar has tariffs, but manufactured hard candy - 100% sugar, does not. This costs the US productive manufacturing jobs. And lastly, in some people's subjective experience many things made with cane sugar just taste better. Many people who have tasted both US and Mexican or Canadian coke or pepsi claim this, but again that's subjective.
joeyo 18y ago
Corn syrup consumption (at least the high fructose variety) has been implicated with an increased risk of: * obesity [1] * diabetes [2,3] * hypertension [4] * atherosclerosis [5] 1. http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/537 http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/79/4/537 2. http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19526192.800-diabetes-fears-over-corn-syrup-in-soda.html http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19526192.800-di... 3. http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/54/7/1907 http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/54/7/1... 4. http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/bio_rech/mrh/e-docs/00/04/2B/47/resume.phtml http://www.john-libbey-eurotext.fr/en/revues/bio_rech/mrh/e-... 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2006.09.002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2006.09.002