The Death of High Fructose Corn Syrup

[Bouncer]

The back-to-back, double whammy announcements that PepsiCo (PEP) is ditching high fructose corn syrup in Gatorade along with the results of a scathing new study from researchers at Princeton make it official — allies of the controversial sweetener have lost the war.

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[Mr I]

excelent,that shit is bad

[dna9488]

That's good to hear. They're even taking it out of Ketchup.

[tballz]

Awesome...that stuff is poison.

[hitmansb]

It's about time.

[Scrumhalf]

Good news but won't do much good. I think HFCS is demonized. Fatties will just find something else to eat. Unless they start getting off the couch and moving, nothing's going to change.

[ROCKILLER]

What are they replacing it with?

[jack tors]

about time...

[NewbieChris]

Do you think they will really do it? I mean, it is a corn product after all...

[mindstar]

Good news but won't do much good. I think HFCS is demonized. Fatties will just find something else to eat. Unless they start getting off the couch and moving, nothing's going to change.

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It looks to me like the effects of HFCS are more than their caloric impact

[toothache]

good to know