Question

High fructose corn syrup is composed of ————- prcent of fructose

a) 50 or 75, b) 42 or 55, c) 95 or 100, d) 50 or 75

Which of the following best describes the use of high fructose corn syrup:

1) About half of the regular soft drinks made in US are sweetened with HFCS

2) Few countries outside the US use HFCS as a sweetener

3) HFCS is used extensively sugar-free products

4) All of the above

True or false: high fructose corn syrup is cheaper than sugar derived from sugar cane Increase in the blood level of insulin and leptin Cause a dramatic rise in both blood lipids and glucose Are seen after fructose is ingested Stimulate satiety Are known to be lipogenic

Answer 1

1)High fructose corn syrup is composed of 42 or 55 percent of fructose (option b), it is the because the most comon forms of High fructosse corn syrup contain either 42 % or 55% fructose as described in the code of federal regulations and these are referred to in the industry as HFCS 42 & HFCS55, the rest is glucose and water. 2) The use of the high fructose corn syrup is a) about half of the regular soft drinks made in US are sweetened with HFCS beacuse it is the sole calorie sweetener in soft drinks in the united states, b) few countries outside the US use HFCS as a sweetener: the major users of HFCS in the worls in the US, however HFCS is now manufactured and used in many countries throughout the world c) HFCS is used extensively sugar free products.(option 4 all the above)is correct option. 3)true)High fructose corn syrup is cheaper than sugar derived from sugar cane increase in the blood level of insulin and leptin cause a dramatic rise in both blood lipids and glucose are seen after fructose is ingested stimulate satiety are known as lipogenic is true because the HFCS is cheaper than the sugar dervied from sugar cane because taxpayer funded government traiffs on import of sugar, and is lipogenic because of the way that HFCS is processed in the body it is said to limit the secretion of the harmone leptin which signals tha body that weve had enough to eat without the proper signal to stop eating so consumption more than necessary is seen which inturun reults in more lipogenic than sucrose.