Tag: corn syrup
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Rachel Maddow Takes Aim at Rick Berman and Center for Consumer Freedom
Noting that Washington, D.C.-based industry lobbyist Rick Berman will be on her MSNBC-TV program during the week of October 5, 2009, Rachel Maddow this week discussed the most recent campaign Berman’s Center for Consumer Freedom has undertaken on behalf of the producers of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Maddow showed viewers the clip of a new TV…
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Diet High in Fructose Allegedly Linked to High Blood Pressure in Men
A recent study presented at the American Heart Association’s High Blood Pressure Research Conference has reportedly claimed that a diet high in fructose raises blood pressure in men, but that the gout drug allopurinol may counteract this effect. “This is the first study to show that fructose can raise blood pressure in humans,” lead author…
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NAFTA Tribunal Awards Damages in HFCS Dispute
A North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) tribunal has reportedly awarded $58 million in damages to Corn Products International’s Mexican affiliate after finding that Mexico imposed discriminatory taxes on beverages sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The tribunal determined in January 2008 that Mexico had breached its NAFTA obligations to favor its domestic sugar industry…
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Challenge to “Natural” HFCS Beverage Claims Not Preempted by Federal Law
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that federal food labeling law does not preempt the state law-based claims filed by a consumer who challenged Snapple’s designation of beverages containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as “natural.” Holk v. Snapple Beverage Corp., No. 08-3060 (3d Cir., decided August 12, 2009). The appeals court reversed…
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Nina Shen Rastogi, “May Cause Earth Decay: Is Regular Sugar Greener Than High-Fructose Corn Syrup?,” Slate, May 19, 2009
This article examines the claim that the production of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has a greater environmental impact than similar processes used to manufacture sucrose from sugar cane or sugar beets. According to Slate columnist Nina Shen Rastogi, “sugar cane seems to be the most efficient producer of sugar and potentially the lightest user of…
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Daniel Engber, “Dark Sugar: The Decline and Fall of High-fructose Corn Syrup,” Slate, April 28, 2009
“Like other villainous ingredients – trans fat and artificial food dye come to mind – high-fructose corn syrup [HFCS] is accused of being at once unhealthy, unnatural and unappetizing,” writes Slate contributor Daniel Engber in this article exploring these “three cardinal claims of food politics” against HFCS, which has suffered a consumer backlash “exacerbated by the…
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California Consumer Alleges “All Natural” HFCS Beverage Claims Are Misleading
A putative class action filed in a California federal court against Snapple Beverage Corp. alleges that the company misleads consumers by labeling as “All Natural” products containing high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and using the names of fruits for some products that “do not contain any significant amount of the fruit listed in the product’s…
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Class Action to Proceed for “Natural” Pasta Sauce Containing HFCS
A federal court has refused to dismiss putative class claims filed under California’s consumer protection law against a company that advertises its pasta sauce, which contains high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), as “all natural.” Lockwood v. ConAgra Foods, Inc., No. 08-04151 (N.D. Cal., decided February 3, 2009). The defendant sought to dismiss the claims on preemption grounds and…