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Dan Abel

In article >,
enigma > wrote:

> wrote in
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> com:
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> > HFCS tastes different than sugar, don't ya think? Some markets
> > here in SoCal are selling Coca Cola imported from Mexico and
> > getting a premium price for it because it's made with sugar and
> > tastes better ("like it used to"). HFCS has served a useful
> > purpose for me, in that I look for it on the labels of things
> > like pasta sauces and if it's there I know I probably won't like
> > the taste. -aem
>
> yes! it's too sweet. but then, i'm one of those people who think,
> besides the evil nauseating aftertaste, that all artificial
> sweeteners are too sweet. yes, even the "just like real sugar"
> artificial sweeteners have a horrid aftertaste. blech.

HFCS is no more an "artificial" sugar than those white crystals you buy
in a sack or box. HFCS is composed of fructose and glucose. Apples are
very high in fructose and glucose. Do you find that apples "have a
horrid aftertaste"?

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA