Dan Abel wrote:

My original point wasn't so much that they are the same (although I'm
not seeing huge differences), but that corn syrup is not something "new"
and "different".

My only complaint about HFCS is the same complaint I have with any ADDED
sugar. WE've put it into things it has no business being in, or have
risen the level to astronomical levels (a mindset that if they make it
sweeter it tastes better?) in foods where a limited amount of any
sweetener is all that is needed. Otherwise it is all the same to me.