Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Corn syrup is also popular because it extends the shelf life of the products it's used in by controlling microbial growth. The ...

With the advent of processed byproducts, the cheap way to sweeten products has been alchemy: turning American corn into a sugar substitute. But “high fructose corn syrup” has acquired a very bad ...

High fructose corn syrup — an ingredient in everything from soda to ketchup to pickles — has such a bad reputation that the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) wants to change the name of the popular ...