Fructose

It uses high fructose corn syrup and/or cane sugar as a sweetener (It lists both on the label, which usually means that it uses whatever is cheapest on the world market at the time of bottling. Listing both also means that they don't have to change their labeling every…

artificial flavors, sugars, and addictive chemicals.These things added into the products produced can cause long term damages on growing bodies or full grown adults. Most factors produce are pumped full with sugar or the fake step’ sibling ,high fructose corn syrup. Not only is the sugar added but, artificial ingredients or flavors are as well. Don't worry there's more, the body can get addicted to “junk food” the “ highly rewarded” junk food. The added ingredients takes over or hijacks the…

This is the case for sweeteners, that contrary to what is popularly believed is not sugar (glucose), is a compound called High-Fructose Corn Syrup. That according to H. Dele David from the Department of Pediatric of the university of Nebraska, has a different metabolic process, given it is not degraded by insulin, hence it enters directly into the bloodstream and into the cells,…

The most iconic low-calorie sweetener Splenda started in 1976 when British researchers were looking for a way to blend laboratory chemicals with sucrose (sugar). They found a different compound made from sugar called sucralose. They found it to be really sweet and it was also low calorie. Splenda was put on shelves in 1992 and has sold over 100 million packets. The ingredients include Dextrose, Maltodextrin, and Sucralose (Splenda). Sucralose which is the huge ingredient in Splenda is a…

In the lab, the purpose of it was to show how much carbon dioxide is released depending on what was with the yeast/what they could eat in the bag. Based on the lab results, it showed the purpose very well. In the lab, the bags that had sugar or cornstarch in them grew very big compared to the other bags filled with grass or just yeast. In bag A ( which had sugar with the yeast) there was a huge bubble that was 18 mm tall after 15 minutes. On the other hand, in bag D( with only yeast ) there was…

In recent decades, high blood sugar and obesity rates dramatically increased in the United States compared to other parts of the world. The increased rate of these health problems will severely limit American vitality and way of life. In 2002, President Bush signed a $190 billion bill that would make tax payers to pay farmers an accumulated 4 million dollars a year to grow more corn. Accompanying the bill, Congress also decided to subsidize bushels of corn so American production of corn remains…

The reasoning behind this involves the density of the two cans. Sugar or a form of sugar like high fructose corn syrup, will need to be used in a much greater quantity than a sugar substitute, like aspartame. This is simply because we need much less of aspartame to make Coca Cola the desired sweetness needed as we do with high fructose corn syrup. As we know, regular Coca Cola has sugar or high fructose corn syrup, while diet Coca Cola contains a sugar substitute like aspartame. From the…

Corn has been grown to an excessive amounts, which is increasing almost constantly. This overproduction of corn has led to many different uses of corn, such as high fructose corn syrup, which is used as a substitute for natural sugars. One specific piece of information that most all of society is incapable of noticing is that high fructose corn syrup is a leading cause of obesity. There are many ways that we can incapacitate this use of corn, such as resorting to the use of natural sugars once…

High Fructose Corn Syrup What do Oreos, Wonderbread, Sprite, Heinz Ketchup, and Mott’s Applesauce have in common? They all contain high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) sounds natural, since it uses the words “fructose” and “corn,” and seeing as the refiners want it to be called “corn sugar.” However, HFCS is not natural, and not good for consumption because it leads to obesity and other high risk health factors. Knowing what is okay to consume and not okay is confusing when…

may be the reason why their obesity rates are the highest in North America followed by Mexico then Canada (CIA, 2008). By analyzing Figure 1, if we compare two countries such as Egypt that consumes 1.36 kg and Australia consuming 0.35 kg of high fructose corn syrup. Further by relating the amount of HFCS with obesity rates globally Egypt according to the Central Intelligence Agency is ranked 13 while Australia is ranked 44 (CIA, 2008). This can be seen as emphasising the relationship between…