{"id":3419,"date":"2010-09-15T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2010\/09\/15\/a-patriotic-make-over-for-the-usas-favourite-over-used-ingredient\/"},"modified":"2010-09-15T20:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-15T20:09:00","slug":"a-patriotic-make-over-for-the-usas-favourite-over-used-ingredient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/2010\/09\/15\/a-patriotic-make-over-for-the-usas-favourite-over-used-ingredient\/","title":{"rendered":"a patriotic make-over for the USA’s favourite over-used ingredient!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new name for high fructose corn syrup<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Corn Refiners Association, which represents firms that make the syrup, has been trying to improve the image of the much maligned sweetener with ad campaigns promoting it as a natural ingredient made from corn. Now, the group has petitioned the United States Food and Drug Administration to start calling the ingredient “corn sugar,” arguing that a name change is the only way to clear up consumer confusion about the product. <\/p>\n

“Clearly the name is confusing consumers,” said Audrae Erickson, president of the Washington-based group, in an interview. <\/p>\n

“I\u2019m not eager to help the corn refiners sell more of their stuff,” Dr. Nestle wrote in an e-mail. “But you have to feel sorry for them. High-fructose corn syrup is the new trans fat. Everyone thinks it\u2019s poison, and food companies are getting rid of it as fast as they can.” <\/p>\n

Although food label changes aren\u2019t common, the F.D.A. has allowed name changes in the past. The ingredient first called \u201clow erucic acid rapeseed oil\u201d was changed to \u201ccanola oil\u201d in the 1980s. More recently, the F.D.A. allowed prunes to be called \u201cdried plums.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new name for high fructose corn syrup: The Corn Refiners Association, which represents firms that make the syrup, has been trying to improve the image of the much maligned sweetener with ad campaigns promoting it as a natural ingredient made from corn. Now, the group has petitioned the United States Food and Drug Administration … Continue reading “a patriotic make-over for the USA’s favourite over-used ingredient!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[378,1283],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-news","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foxtongue.com\/dreampepper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}