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) A type of corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose in order to produce a desired sweetness.

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

   • 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

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