OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » corn sugar http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:32:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 It’s Not Sugar: FDA Denies Rebrand Attempt from HFCS to ‘Corn Sugar’ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-denies-hfcscorn-sugar-rebrand-attempt/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/fda-denies-hfcscorn-sugar-rebrand-attempt/#comments Sat, 02 Jun 2012 07:00:08 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11019 Corn Syrup versus Cane Sugar

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.

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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.

]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/hfcs-corn-sugar-rebrand-continues-as-corn-industry-ignores-fda-warnings/feed/ 0 ‘Corn Sugar’ Claims Land High Fructose Corn Syrup Industry in Court http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/corn-sugar-claims-land-high-fructose-corn-syrup-industry-in-court/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/corn-sugar-claims-land-high-fructose-corn-syrup-industry-in-court/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 17:39:37 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=9170 'Corn Sugar' Claims Land High Fructose Corn Syrup Industry in Court

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.

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