HFCS & Diabetes Myths - Expert Opinion

Kris Clark, Ph.D., R.D., F.A.C.S.M., Assistant Professor and Director of Sports Nutrition, The Pennsylvania State University, addresses the myth that high fructose corn syrup causes diabetes.

HFCS Production

Are you interested in how high fructose corn syrup is made and how it compares to the sugar manufacturing process?

FDA on HFCS

The Food and Drug Administration says high fructose corn syrup is safe.

How HFCS is made?

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How is high fructose corn syrup made?

The corn wet milling industry makes high fructose corn syrup from corn starch using a series of unit processes that include steeping corn to soften the hard kernel; physical separation of the kernel into its separate components—starch, corn hull, protein and oil; breakdown of the starch to glucose; use of enzymes to invert glucose to fructose; removal of impurities; and blending of glucose and fructose to make HFCS-42 and HFCS-55.2