http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-fructose--20120919,0,4807070.story
One maker of high-fructose corn syrup, Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland, has been marketing a product called Cornsweet 90, with 90 percent fructose, for several years. The company recommends it for "reduced calorie beverages, jellies and dressings."
The FDA said in 1996 that it could not determine the safety of HFCS-90 because it has a "substantially different ratio of glucose to fructose" and ADM provided no safety data on the product. That does not make it illegal, the FDA says, because the submission of safety information on new ingredients is voluntary under federal rules.
The FDA says it doesn't know how much HFCS-90 or other "fructose dominant" sweeteners may be in the food supply, and neither the American Beverage Association nor the Corn Refiners Association responded to Tribune questions about where and how those sweeteners are used. ADM referred questions to the Corn Refiners Association.
One maker of high-fructose corn syrup, Decatur-based Archer Daniels Midland, has been marketing a product called Cornsweet 90, with 90 percent fructose, for several years. The company recommends it for "reduced calorie beverages, jellies and dressings."
The FDA said in 1996 that it could not determine the safety of HFCS-90 because it has a "substantially different ratio of glucose to fructose" and ADM provided no safety data on the product. That does not make it illegal, the FDA says, because the submission of safety information on new ingredients is voluntary under federal rules.
The FDA says it doesn't know how much HFCS-90 or other "fructose dominant" sweeteners may be in the food supply, and neither the American Beverage Association nor the Corn Refiners Association responded to Tribune questions about where and how those sweeteners are used. ADM referred questions to the Corn Refiners Association.
