On Tue 13 May 2008 08:01:51p, Gregory Morrow told us...

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

On Tue 13 May 2008 12:53:29p, Mark Thorson told us...





Cindi - HappyMamatoThree wrote:

Just my little bitch about jobs being outsourced away from hard-
working

Americans and endorsement of an American Company.

Don't blame Hershey for this. *In the U.S., we
pay about 2 to 4 times the world price for sugar.
We've got two lobbies keeping the present system
in place -- beet sugar manufacturers (who would
not be able to compete with foreign cane sugar
in an unregulated market) and HFCS manufacturers
(led by Archer Daniels Midland) who spend lavishly
on politicians to keep their lucrative trade in
place. *(HFCS is exempt from the price supports
for sucrose, so soft-drink manufacturers can use
it as a cheaper substitute, however it is not suitable as a
replacement for sugar in candy.)

We'd be healthier and pay less for food if the
sugar legislation were repealed. *We also would
not be losing our candy industry to Canada and
Mexico.

Here's a good article on the subject, though somewhat dated (2001):

http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tbp-013.pdf

I'm not saying that I'm a proponent of HFCS, but just what is it that
people are so up in arms about with it?


It's produced very cheaply and so is added in great quantities to many
foodstuffs...the blissninnies think this is bad because if ingeted to
excess it can cause potentially cause obesity, etc.



Most things I try to buy with cane sugar, but it can't always be found
in
products.


"Sugar is sugar is sugar" as the auld saying goes...

:-)

Kinda like the recent dumb trend towards "designer" salts. "Oh it's
SEA SALT...!!!" the foodies say. Well yeah, ALL salt is "sea salt"...



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Best
Greg



Gotcha. Thanks!

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