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High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)

Not approved

Industrially produced via enzymatic conversion of corn starch; strongly associated with metabolic dysfunction.

Class: Refined Sweetener
Allowed in organic: No

Also known as

glucose-fructose syruphfcs

Other refined sweetener ingredients

Agave Nectar Brown Sugar Cane Sugar Corn Syrup Dextrose Glucose Syrup Invert Sugar Maltodextrin Organic Cane Sugar Raw Sugar Sugar (Refined)

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