Dear EarthTalk: I am a bartender in Sacramento and I would love to be able to use some sort of locally made or sustainable version of sugar. What’s out there? It sure would be nice if we could obtain all of our food and drink items from local sources, but sugar provides an excellent example [...]
As if we needed another reason to not buy or eat products made with high fructose corn syrup instead of real sugar: Many common foods made using commercial high fructose corn syrup contain mercury as well, researchers reported on Tuesday, while another study suggested the corn syrup itself is contaminated. Food processors and the corn [...]
Last week I asked readers to submit any questions that they may have, and I got a good one from Vik. Vik asked “Is “high fructose corn syrup” worse (in whatever way) than sugar?“. Great question and one that I am sure many people have asked themselves! From what I understand, high fructose corn syrup [...]
