I hear that this stuff is bad for you......?? It's even in crackers!!!!!!....What is this stuff?
2006-08-01 05:51:59 · 7 answers · asked by I_B_WHO_I_IS 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Big word for sugar.
2006-08-01 05:56:45 · answer #1 · answered by Sylvie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is produced by processing corn starch to yield glucose, and then processing the glucose to produce a syrup with a higher percentage of fructose.
First, cornstarch is treated with alpha-amylase to produce shorter chains of sugars called oligosaccharides.
Next, an enzyme called glucoamylase breaks the sugar chains down even further to yield the simple sugar glucose.
The third enzyme, glucose-isomerase, converts glucose to a mixture of about 42% fructose and 50–52% glucose with some other sugars mixed in. While alpha-amylase and glucoamylase are added directly to the slurry, glucose-isomerase is packed into columns and the sugar mixture is then passed over it. This 42–43% fructose glucose mixture is then subjected to a liquid chromatography step where the fructose is enriched to approximately 90%. The 90% fructose is then back-blended with 42% fructose to achieve a 55% fructose final product. Numerous ion-exchange and evaporation steps are also part of the overall process.
2006-08-01 06:00:57 · answer #2 · answered by MaX 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
High-fructose corn syrup is produced by processing corn starch to yield glucose, and then processing the glucose to produce a high percentage of fructose. Three diff. enzymes are needed to break down cornstarch, which is composed of chains of glucose molecules of almost infinite length, into simple sugars and fructose. And yes the stuff is really bad for you and is even linked to obesity in lab animals and humans. So try to go organic if you can your body will love you for it.
2006-08-01 06:11:23 · answer #3 · answered by Philip B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever I read high fructose corn syrup I translate that to sugar. They take corn syrup and through a chemical process they turn the sugar into fructose. It isn't like natural sugar it is like chemical sugar and that is why it is bad for you, it is quick energy without any real benefit. Personally I know it is bad for me but I love it anyway, it is sugar, it doesn't taste like chemicals like spenda, or nutrasweet, and I can tolerate it.
2006-08-01 06:16:37 · answer #4 · answered by Lady 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you know what Karo is? (it's used for baking). That's high fructose corn syrup. Liquid sugar
2006-08-01 05:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by calli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fructose is the sugar found in fruits.
2006-08-01 05:55:46 · answer #6 · answered by butterfliesRfree 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar
2006-08-01 05:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋