Good report on HFCS

NBC News last night did a pretty good piece on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS).

The conclusion of those it interviewed was that HFCS is no different than table sugar.

To view the report, click here.

We've blogged on this before - including this study that helped clear the air on HFCS (and prompted a USA Today article) and this post on websites that promote the facts.

The Corn Refiners Association put out a news release on the report. It is here.

In it, Audrae Erickson, president of CRA, concluded, "This NBC Nightly News story sheds the light of day on an important health and nutrition matter for American consumers. There is no nutritional difference between high fructose corn syrup and sugar. A sugar is a sugar. It is the calories that count."

CRA also noted that Dr. David S. Ludwig, associate professor of pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, stated in the NBC report: "High fructose corn syrup is one of the most misunderstood products in the food supply."

Certainly Ludwig's assessment is correct.

There are a lot of myths and misinformation out there, and the way websites/social media work it is very difficult to rid the world of them.

Every good report helps, though.