And here I thought sugar was, well, just sugar. Wrong. The sugar and corn industries are now locked in battle over what is, and isn’t sugar. Perhaps the best approach is to forget the argument over the label and realize that if someone is concerned about calories and obesity, try eating less and exercising more.
The fight began last year when Corn Refiners Association, a trade association, proposed changing the name of high-fructose corn syrup to merely “corn sugar.”
The group said the new name “more accurately describes this sweetener and helps clarify food products labeling for manufacturers and consumers alike.”
But the sugar industry argued this change would be a bitter pill for US consumers and would only add to the confusion about a sweetener that has drawn criticism by some health advocates.
