First let me state, this must be defeated outside the halls of government; although, that is going to get tougher since the Senate is pushing forward the Food Safety Act, which is going to make life harder on organic farmers and easier for Monstanto to gain more power over the food supply. It is going to be up to consumers to check labels and stop buying products located with high fructose corn syrup.
High fructose corn syrup gained popularity in the 1980s because it was cheaper than using real sugar. Coca-Cola is probably the most famous product to switch, of course their switch created a national outrage. They switched from the original formula with real sugar to the "new" Coke, which consumers hated. It was sweeter and unlike the old Coke, it was sweetened with high fructose corn syrup. By the time anger swept across the United State demanding the old Coke be returned to shelves, Coke had totally replaced the original recipe from sugar to high fructose corny syrup, and consumers didn't complain. They were just happy they had what they though was an old friend on the shelves. Some people could taste the difference. I personally think Coca-Cola doesn't even come close to tasting as good as it used to.
Of course the switch was purely an economics decision. It was cheaper to use government subsidized corn to produce high fructose corn syrup than it was to use real sugar. Of course now that decision may come with a $3.35 trillion medical bill price tag as diabetes continues to increase throughout the Untied States, according to the report.
