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high fructose corn syrup en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Northern-California) audio

Etymology

From high + fructose + corn syrup.

Meanings

1. (US, uncountable, usually) A type of corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose in order to produce a desired sweetness.
   • Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr. Ludwig, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard[…] 2006, Connie Bennett, Stephen Sinatra, Sugar Shock!:
   • Not because high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any worse for you than sugar, but because it is, like many of the other unfamiliar ingredients in packaged foods, a reliable marker for a food product that has been highly processed. 2009, Michael Pollan, Food Rules: An Eater's Manual, →ISBN, page 11:
   • Let's take a look at the sweetener used in most soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup. 2005, W. Allan Walker, Eat, Play, and Be Healthy:
   • In 1982, high fructose corn syrup production amounted to 8.4 billion pounds with a value well in excess of one billion dollars. 2005, P.R. Yadav, Raijv Tyagi, Industrial Biotechnology, page 174:

Forms

Synonyms

isoglucose · HFCS · maize syrup · glucose/fructose · corn sugar · glucose-fructose syrup · high-fructose maize syrup

Translations (10)

cmn 高果糖漿 /高果糖浆 (corn-based sweet syrup) · sv majssirap med hög fruktoshalt (corn-based sweet syrup) · sv isoglukos (corn-based sweet syrup) · ja 異性化糖 (corn-based sweet syrup) · sv glukosfruktossirap (corn-based sweet syrup) · es jarabe / almíbar / sirope / arrope de maíz / maicero de alta / alto en fructosa (corn-based sweet syrup) · sv högfruktosmajssirap (corn-based sweet syrup) · fi glukoosi-fruktoosisiirappi (corn-based sweet syrup) · cmn 果葡糖漿 /果葡糖浆 (corn-based sweet syrup) · fi isoglukoosi (corn-based sweet syrup)