high-fructose corn syrup

[ hahy-fruhk-tohs‑-frook‑‑-frook‑ ]

noun

1. corn syrup to which enzymes have been added to change some of the glucose to fructose, making the product sweeter than regular corn syrup. : HFCS

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-fructose corn syrup¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

It’s in demand for animal feed as well as to make ethanol and high-fructose corn syrup.

From The Daily Beast

New research is brewing debate over the dangers of high-fructose corn syrup, writes Sharon Begley.

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Testing pure fructose as a stand-in for high-fructose corn syrup, he argues, might therefore produce misleading results.

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