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So I was watching the news the other day, and there was this dude bitching about how everything in the US has corn as one of its main ingredients. He was going on and on about how unhealthy it was, but I ended up turning the channel before he finished. But it got me to thinking, what products do I buy that contain corn?

I thought it might be helpful if I knew a little background. Wikipedia here we come. So the lowdown, is that there are three main types of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and they are categorized by their ratio of fructose to glucose. We have HFCS 90 (90% fructose), HFCS 55, and HFCS 42. They use 90 to make 55, and 55 is what is in all most everything.

Ok, so here are the things I’ve either purchased or eaten this week that contain HFCS, I’ve separated them into surprising and not surprising categories.

Surprising Not Surprising
  • Applesauce
  • Cran-Grape Juice
  • Ketchup
  • Apple Cider
  • Ice Cream
  • Coke
  • Frosted Flakes

I’m sure there’s more stuff, but its almost lunch time, and I have to go nuke my preservative filled crap shoot frozen microwave lunch.

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