Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high fructose corn syrup

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables: high- fruc-tose -corn syrup
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose in order to produce a desired sweetness.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In 1982, high fructose corn syrup production amounted to 8.4 billion pounds with a value well in excess of one billion dollars."
"Let's take a look at the sweetener used in most soft drinks, high fructose corn syrup."
"Sucrose is just as bad as high fructose corn syrup," maintains Dr. Ludwig, an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard[…]"
"Not because high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is any worse for you than sugar, but because it is, like many of the other unfamiliar ingredients in packaged foods, a reliable marker for a food product that has been highly processed."

Etymology

From high + fructose + corn syrup.

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

high fructose corn syrups (plural) high-fructose corn syrup (alternative)

Synonyms

HFCS isoglucose glucose-fructose syrup glucose/fructose maize syrup high-fructose maize syrup corn sugar

Questions

What does high fructose corn syrup mean?: A type of corn syrup that has undergone an enzymatic processing to convert some of its glucose into fructose in order to produce a desired sweetness.
Where does high fructose corn syrup come from?: From high + fructose + corn syrup.

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