Fructose: It's just sugar, right?

added sugar fructose Apr 27, 2021

Bug Juice is natural??

I recall a television commercial a few years ago that was promoting high fructose corn syrup, and the internet being what it is, I was able to find it. It was paid for by the Corn Refiners Association. The spot centered on a mom to mom conversation about high fructose corn syrup and a gallon jug of a red beverage that looked eerily similar to the “bug juice” I had at summer camp.

It begins with one mom accusing the other of not caring what she feeds her kids because she’s giving them high fructose corn syrup - “You know what they say about high fructose corn syrup...” The bug juice pouring mom comes back with, “It’s made from corn, it’s natural, and, like sugar, it’s fine in moderation.” You are then encouraged to “get the facts” from a website created by the Corn Refiners. The commercial did not have a very long life - sometimes consumers are smart.

But, it’s made from corn…

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