high fructose corn syrup

See also: high-fructose corn syrup

English

Alternative forms

• HFCS
• high-fructose corn syrup

Etymology

high + fructose + corn syrup

Pronunciation

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Noun

high fructose corn syrup (usually uncountable, plural high fructose corn syrups)

1. (chiefly US) Any of many corn syrups that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose to produce a desired sweetness
   • 2005, Industrial Biotechnology‎^[1]:

     In 1982, high fructose corn syrup production amounted to 8.4 billion pounds with a value well in excess of one billion dollars.

   • 2005, Eat play and be healthy‎^[2]:

     Let's take a look at the sweetener used in most soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup.

   • 2006, Sugar Shock!‎^[3]:

     Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr. Ludwig, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard

   • 2009, Food rules‎^[4]:

     Not because high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any worse for you than sugar, but because it is, like many of the other unfamiliar ingredients in packaged

Synonyms

• HFCS, isoglucose, glucose-fructose syrup / glucose/fructose, maize syrup, high-fructose maize syrup, corn sugar

Translations

corn-based sweet syrup

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高果糖漿／高果糖浆 (gāoguǒtángjiāng), 果葡糖漿／果葡糖浆 (guǒpútángjiāng)

• Finnish: glukoosi-fruktoosisiirappi, isoglukoosi
• French: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 異性化糖 (いせいかとう, iseikatō)
• Spanish: jarabe de maíz de alta frucosa m, almíbar de maíz de alta frucosa m