As use drops, companies get ‘help’ hyping HFCS to customers

As use drops, companies get ‘help’ hyping HFCS to customers

With consumption of high fructose corn syrup appearing to be on the decline, the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) seems to have redoubled its efforts to keep this increasingly unpopular ingredient in foods and beverages.

According to a recent Bloomberg news story the amount of corn used to produce HFCS is at its lowest level since 1997, with the Huffington Post reporting that “High fructose corn syrup consumption plummets in America amid backlash.”