Comments on: The Public Speaks: Best Insulting New Names for High Fructose Corn Syrup

By: Consumer Freedom

Consumer Freedom — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:50:17 +0000

High fructose corn syrup is called “high fructose” because it has more fructose than regular corn syrup. But the “high fructose” in the name leads people to assume that the syrup is somehow high in fructose– which it actually isn’t. It has roughly the same amount of fructose as beet/cane sugar. We don’t call table sugar “high fructose beet polysaccharide” because we know even though it came from a beet, it’s just “sugar.” Let’s call it what it is: corn sugar

By: Dasha

Dasha — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:08:40 +0000

Oh marketing techniques…. I would call it ‘pancake syrup’ – most maple syrups are too expensive to buy on a daily basis. Or ‘syrup’: sicken yourself right up. But sugar and deep fried food is as bad as hfcs …. Your body CAN metabolize fructose…

By: Amarpreet

Amarpreet — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:46:56 +0000

In Denial Syrup

By: earthspeakorg

earthspeakorg — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:52:18 +0000

Genocide Juice

By: Amarpreet

Amarpreet — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:36:16 +0000

Concentrated Corn Poison

By: Amarpreet

Amarpreet — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:35:25 +0000

See below

By: Philip Long

Philip Long — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:04:58 +0000

My suggestion: Happy Sauce.

By: Rhacodactylus

Rhacodactylus — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:16:23 +0000

I’m going to go with “the proof that New York Times readers don’t understand basic chemistry.” It’s wordy, poignant.