It’s Not Sugar: FDA Denies Rebrand Attempt from HFCS to ‘Corn Sugar’June 2nd, 2012 - Jill Ettinger
Last week, the FDA finally denied a controversial 2010 petition filed by the corn industry agency, The Corn Refiners Association, which sought approval to allow the use of the alternative name ‘corn sugar’ to apply to the vilified processed sweetener, high fructose corn syrup. Read More:It’s Not Sugar: FDA Denies Rebrand Attempt from HFCS to ‘Corn Sugar’HFCS ‘Corn Sugar’ Rebrand Continues As Corn Industry Ignores FDA WarningsSeptember 25th, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Despite urgings from the FDA to the corn industry to discontinue using the term “corn sugar” in place of “high fructose corn syrup,” at least two corn industry websites (cornsugar.com and sweetsurprise.com) are still using the term. Read More:HFCS ‘Corn Sugar’ Rebrand Continues As Corn Industry Ignores FDA Warnings‘Corn Sugar’ Claims Land High Fructose Corn Syrup Industry in CourtMay 2nd, 2011 - Jill Ettinger
Widespread efforts by the American corn industry to rebrand the controversial sweetener high fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar” has led outraged sugar farmers to file a lawsuit. Read More:‘Corn Sugar’ Claims Land High Fructose Corn Syrup Industry in Court |
