seems like we should write companies and tell them to quit be cheap and just use sugar. At least its not man-made!
2006-09-21 15:26:44 · 10 answers · asked by tara t 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Americans don't realize that corn syrup is in almost every "food" product. Prepackaged food / drinks are fast, easy and tastes good. It's a "taste" that we've been raised on since childhood.
Secondly (or firstly), the American farmers wield GREAT power in promoting corn crop (to us and to the world). And when they began to grow soybeans in abundance, you now see soy products (food, lotions, etc.) absolutely everywhere. The ads and magazine stories promote soy as a cure-all product. The truth is that too much soy can be detrimental to some people. Americans don't know this fact.
Do we blame the farm industry or the food industry? Yeah, Americans are FAT because of corn syrup in most of our food/drinks.
2006-09-21 15:44:32 · answer #1 · answered by chance 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its because most people don't know what high fructose corn syrup is and why it is bad for you. Writing letters to food manufacturers is a great idea--it least maybe companies would see that some people are interested in alternative food products.
2006-09-21 15:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
unfortunately in this day in age, many Americans don't really have time, energy or money to fight these companies who use fructose corn syrup instead of other sources.
Also this is corporate America, people will try to get and save as much money as possible at the expense of others' healths.
2006-09-21 15:35:03 · answer #3 · answered by L.M.L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
as humans we naturally have a liking for high-fat and high-sugar content foods ... it's said that our ancestors during the nomadic times would suffer famine quite often ... when they'd obtain food, they'd stuff themselves, especially with fat, so they'd survive until their next meal ... thus we naturally enjoy and tolerate high-fat and high-sugar content foods
it's not just americans, it's everyone ... however, in other countries, most ppl can't afford sweets and they focus on home cooking ... here in the USA, we depend on fast food quite a lot and we can also afford it ... companies also make their food quite sugary so that we crave it more often ... it's said that many ppl crave sweets or fats when under a lot of pressure or stress
thus, we tolerate so much sugar because it's biologically inherited and it's a natural tendency to like sweets
however, this is no excuse for being unfit ... because most americans eat every day, they can omitt those sugars out of their diets
2006-09-21 15:42:59 · answer #4 · answered by hello 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good question. I'm from Europe and I'd never even heard of it until I came on this website. In Europe all products are made with natural cane sugar instead due to differing production costs or something.
2006-09-21 15:35:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-15 12:02:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as it takes good, we basically don't care. I don't think the companies will change anyway. We can ask til we're blue in the face, not going to change their "formulas".
2006-09-21 15:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by darkhunterfan65 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because a lot of them just dont know any better
2006-09-21 15:57:38 · answer #8 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause after ingesting so much of it, we are already too fat and lazy to protest?
2006-09-21 15:35:00 · answer #9 · answered by snvffy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it tastes good.
2006-09-21 15:33:54 · answer #10 · answered by couchP56 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋