High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) has been a hot topic in the last few years. In the following Q&A, the Corn Refiners Association answers questions on HFCS, in regards to weight management, consumer perception and the fructose in HFCS.
Five more individual sugar companies and two trade associations have joined a lawsuit to stop the corn processors from marketing high-fructose corn syrup as a "natural" product equivalent to real sugar.
Challenging conventional wisdom that most people want smaller government and less expensive food, a U.S. survey indicates most would pay more for safer food.
Eye-catching colors and flavors attract kids, but nutrition attracts moms, when it comes to foods and beverages for children. Beyond this tug-of-war between parent and child, however, product developers also must be keenly aware of governmental programs, regulatory scrutiny and consumer advocacy groups focusing on foods for kids.
Federal regulators have issued two new rules expanding the government’s ability to seize products it considers dangerous and to prevent potentially contaminated food from entering the country.
The FDA, after long stating that no scientific evidence conclusively links the petroleum-based colorants to hyperactivity and other ills, has agreed to reassess them.
