High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)
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Description
Is a sweetener made from corn starch. As in the production of conventional corn syrup, the starch is broken down into glucose by enzymes. To make HFCS, the corn syrup is further processed by enzyme D-xylose isomerase to convert some of its glucose into fructose.
As sucrose (table sugar) substitute