Fri, Sep-26-03, 14:58
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Originally Posted by doreen T
High fructose corn syrup... (is) less expensive than sugar, and mixes well in many foods. Food manufacturers (especially soda manufacturers) began using HFCS widely in the early 1970s to save money, and it was thought of as a revolutionary advance in food science.
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Gee, does this mean that food manufacturers put their profits before their customers' health? 
But seriously... I'm generally not one to be supportive of folks who want to sue McDonalds for selling quarter-pounders and super-sized fries that made them fat, but I would not be at all surprised to see the next wave of "obesity" lawsuits take a path similar to that followed by the tobacco lawsuits, i.e., allege that the manufacturers knew that HFCS caused health problems. Give the lawyers 20 years of discovery and they might even be able to prove it. |