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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:29 PM Original message |
Who the hell makes JAM with High Fructose Corn Syrup?!?!? |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think just about all of them use it nowadays. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No jam I have ever bought has had HFCS in it |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Oh yeah, they're replacing sugar with HFCS in just about everything here. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I think out coke uses normal sugar too |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Aha! I forgot you're Canadian and you... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:18 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's too bad |
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TreasonousBastard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Many of us are. There are products without HFRC, and... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:50 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Here |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yup, in the states that crap is in everything. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Gross |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I just looked in the fridge. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. That's awful |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. yep, read Omnivore's Dilemma |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:04 AM Response to Reply #9 |
20. That is one hell of an enlightening (and somewhat frightening) book |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. indeed! and we are made of corn now so.... n/t |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-11-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. I can now officially report that jam made with HFCS tastes like shit. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Yep neither HFCS nor corn syrup deliver sweetness as well as cane sugar. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. it's even in canned tomatoes |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:34 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. That is just sick. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. A random sampling from my pantry: |
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Donk Yore (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. High just may be your key word |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. Smucker's, Welch's and probably ALL American brands |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I have Heinz ketchup, and I've bought Kraft and Smucker's jam without HFCS |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:43 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh Noesssssssss |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:03 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. That's really too bad |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:53 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. The stuff was probably made in Canada and thus used sugar instead of HFCS? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yeah could be. I don't doubt |
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Flaxbee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. Went to pick up cranberry juice the other day, and now Ocean |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. We always buy 100% juice, thankfully |
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1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:11 AM Response to Original message |
28. come on... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. No, it isn't. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. OH No it isn't the same, CasualWatcher9 |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Nope, it's not. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
32. Soda jam! |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
42. My soda doesn't even have it |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. US companies. |
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Gold Metal Flake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Oooh, I like the Boylans! |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Yeah, I've noticed |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
34. You think that's crazy? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. That's just gross |
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distantearlywarning (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
35. DUPE |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. that crap is in just about everything |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
38. Smuckers has HFCS too, I think |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. Not the stuff you can buy in Canada |
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lizerdbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
39. That's why I make my own |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
40. I was looking at a BBQ sauce yesterday that has it as the first ingredient. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'm sorry, but as bad as that is, to me it's the HFCS in |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. None if it makes sense |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I get your point |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Agreed |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
48. It's just sugar. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Have a spoonful of jam made with HFCS |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, they'd both be made out of sugar, now wouldn't they? |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Sugar is commonly defined as sugar cane and sugar beets (sucrose). |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. Oh sweet Jesus, may God have mercy on the scientifically illiterate. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And may he also have mercy on the overly technical and dense. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Here's some science! |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. Yup. It fucks w/the adrenals. That's why my doctor (MD!) advised me to avoid that stuff. |
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IronLionZion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
54. Companies who don't want me to buy their jam, that's who. |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
56. Read post #9 by JoeIsOneOfUs |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I'm lucky I'm a Canadian |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
59. There are corn products in LOTS of processed foods. |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. Check out Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce - yep - |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Mine doesn't have it! neener neener! |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Ahhh - send me yours! |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
64. Have you accidentally picked up a product with Splenda |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Thank crike no |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. yes! they're sneaky about it! |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
67. "if you want the best jam, You gotta make your own" |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
68. Sugar in the US is kept at an artificially high price. Why some candy |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
69. Fuck! Normally I buy a brand I know has no HFCS. Stupid sale roped me in. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. What, the same brand as the one I have? |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. No. Safeway store brand. |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Oh, odd. I have bought it and it doesn't have HFCS |
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GOPisEvil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:45 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. They do have the O Organics, but this is just the regular store brand. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
74. Zod, he makes it that way.... |
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GirlinContempt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. That sounds like a lot of work |
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