High-fructose corn syrup

Corn is the natural product that starts the base of nearly 80% of the food products that we consume on a regular basis. Farmers must overproduce in order to make up the financial losses that occur in the process of selling the corn to the distributors. Farmers get caught in this continuous cycle referred to as the Naylor Curve. The Naylor Curve described by Michael Pollan provides explanation behind why processed sweetener has overtaken the food industry. High fructose corn syrup is the…

crops containing GMOs are sold they are labeled to let the consumer know what’s in the food they are buying. Many argue that foods containing GMOs are harmful to consume and so they boycott products such as corn syrup, cornmeal, and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) since they derive from corn. Soy is one of the crops that are altered Smith states that, “Currently commercialized GM crops in the U.S. include soy (94%).” In other words soy is the top crop that is modified. Other foods that contain…

my essay. I talked about how the Arizona tea print “100% natural” labels on their products but in fact they contain high fructose corn syrup and citric acid. In the video, the guy questions a box of cereals which is funny but have deep meaning behind it. He questions about why the box show 100% natural but when he look at the ingredient. The products contains high fructose corn syrup. It is really similar with my example in my…

Literary analysis When you go out to the supermarket, how often do you look at the ingredients of your product? Do you ever ask if Tyson and Perdue treat their chickens with care or if big companies take care of their workers? In the analysis of this documentary there are noticeable terms within the first few moments of the video. The first being allegory, this shows how the food world is on the brink of being controlled by 4 companies and no one can really see how big the problem of mass…

about how scientists have developed high fructose corn syrup. It is like sugar, but much less cheaper and can be used much more efficiently. A quote form the passage is, “Read the food labels in your kitchen and you’ll find that GFCS is everywhere. It’s not just in our soft drinks or snack foods, but in ketchup and mustard, the breads and cereals, the relishes and crackers, and hot dogs and hams,” (page 79). This shows how so many products use this new fructose in the ingredients. It helps lower…

defeating the object of your healthy snack? If you have a small popcorn (6 cups) it is 370 calories, plus 20 grams of saturated fat (having excess amounts could lead to high cholesteral, and heart disease), but if you add just one tablespoon of butter, it adds an extra 120 calories, that’s 490 calories. “He calls popcorn, ‘a wonderful high-fiber snack,’ but like other experts, he warns that adding too much butter and other oil can quickly ruin…

barley are higher quality grains, the inclusion of all three of these ingredients is unnecessary. Grains are not a natural part of a dogs diet and are generally added by dog food companies to save money. The inclusion of three grain ingredients this high on the list is concerning. Dried beet pulp is also a low quality ingredient and considered to be filler. Filler is anything added to a dog food that doesn’t provide nutritional value. Again, dog food companies do this to save on their costs.…

Basmati rice is long grained aromatic rice which is traditionally grown and cultivated in India and Pakistan. The aroma of basmati rice is typical and is due to the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1 pyrroline. Basmati rice contains about 0.99 ppm of this aromatic chemical compound naturally which is about 12 times more than the content of this compound in other non - basmati varieties of rice. There are several varieties of basmati rice that are produced in India as well as Pakistan. Cooking basmati…

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…

One of the fiercest battles between brands through the years is the battle between Coke and Pepsi. How effectively these brands market their products determine their market share. We learned in our lesson that a brands marketing strategy is comprised several components called a marketing mix. The marketing mix is composed of four areas; product, price, placement and promotion. Through many years of success and failure these brands are ripe with illustrations of marketing successes and…