High-fructose corn syrup

King Corn is an eye-opening documentary that highlights the huge role that corn plays in American society. The film was produced in 2007 by college friends Aaron Woolf, Ian Cheney, and Curtis Ellis, who together moved from their familiar urban city to an Iowa farm. The film follows Cheney and Ellis as they rent a one-acre plot of farmland and plant their own crop of field corn. The documentary serves to demonstrate the American food industry’s reliance on corn and how corn has come to be in…

“How Corn Conquered America” I. The main idea of the “introduction” is: corn is the cornerstone of many American’s diet, managing to become the most widely planted crop in America. One fact or example that supports the main idea is about 40 percent of Mexicans calories come directly from corn, mostly in the form of tortillas. Yet Americans have more corn in their diet diet than Mexicans. Another fact or example that supports the main point is that there are some 45,000 items in the average…

Candy Waterfall: Can Solids Flow Like Liquids? Introduction Does the shape and size of candy affect how it flows? What do candy, sand, and cereal have in common? They are both granular materials. Engineers need to know exactly how fast materials flow down a funnel so they can get the right amount in each box. Imagine if you had a box of candy and you opened it and it is only halfway full, wouldn’t you be mad? That is why factories and engineers need to work together to find out how fast…

frightening to me that I am a corn person, not by choice but chance. Genetically, I wasn’t supposed to eat corn as a fundamental part of my everyday diet. Yet, I have been born in an era where every item I have eaten or intend to eat is pretty much derived from corn. Unless I choose to eat free-range chickens, grass fed beef, pretty much grow my own vegetables and bake my own goods, I am a corn person (we are “corn chips walking” as Pollen puts it) comprised of processed corn products. It’s…

Purpose Determine the ratio of sugar to corn syrup that produces the best-tasting and best-textured marshmallow. Hypothesis That marshmallows will taste better when made with more corn syrup than more of granulated sugar. I think this because the Materials Square or round foil cake pans, 8 or 9 inches wide (9) Masking tape Pen or permanent marker Vegetable oil, like canola or safflower oil, for greasing pans Paper towels (1 roll) Powdered or confectioners sugar (3 cups) Strainer, small…

What do salad dressing, white vinegar, cake mix, and diapers all have in common? They all are products made with corn. Corn and the production of it were the main focus of a class by Professor Joe Braunworth at Grossmont College this week. This product that has infiltrated our shelves had created an illusion of diversity among products. Corn slowly but surely has taken over the agricultural arena. “What factors did you consider when deciding what to eat for lunch?” Professor Braunworth posed…

the 20th century. Diabetes is when the body has abnormal metabolism of carbohydrates and high levels of glucose in the blood. About 100 million people have diabetes in the United States. This reason is that people are obese is because of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). This is a sweetener that is made from corn starch and is produced by processing corn starch, and then the glucose is processed to produce fructose. HFCS is in almost everything we eat. Many people in America decide to eat foods…

In Michael Pollan’s Omnivore’s Dilemma, he explains the journey of how corn developed to what it is today. In 1866, “corn syrup . . . became the first cheap domestic substitute for cane sugar” (Pollan 88). Then as corn refining started to be perfected, high-fructose corn syrup became quite popular. Pollan states that high-fructose corn syrup “is the most valuable food product refined from corn, accounting for 530 million bushels every year” (89). Once these different food processes were…

We aren't supposed to be buying and consuming so much marshmallows at the end of the day it is your health that is at risk, even if you do not know it. Some ingredients for marshmallows are gelatin, water, sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, flavorings, and eggs. Most of these ingredients are not good for you. Marshmallows are found everywhere like cereals and different types of candies, even some furnitures include marshmallows or the sap from the root of the mallow plant…

had lettering that said ‘no high-fructose corn syrup.’ Coca Cola’s executives felt this was a scold to their products which contain the factory made corn syrup. So Coke made a request to Goldman and Nalebuff to change the wording on the bottles. With Coke only owning a minority share of the company the decision still came down to the original founders. According to New York Times, Goldman felt that drawing attention to the absence of the highly scrutinized corn syrup was critical to being true…