In the dark, microscopic plastic beads in the 200-gallon tank of corn syrup glow and sparkle when light from a projector shines at them in geophysical fluid dynamicist Christopher Kincaid’s laboratory at the University of Rhode Island. Experiments with this goo could help explain whether columns of magma rising up from near the Earth’s core might explain supervolcanic activity. Scientists have ...

BACKGROUND The replacement of sucrose with HFCS in food products has been suggested as playing a role in the development of obesity as a public health issue. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of four equally hypocaloric diets containing different levels of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). METHODS This was a randomized, prospective, double blind trial, with over...

OBJECTIVE To compare flavoring agents added to activated charcoal (AC) to determine which mixture is most palatable to children. DESIGN Healthy volunteers between the ages of 3 and 17 years participated in a prospective masked trial. Five identical pitchers were prepared containing AC alone, AC with chocolate milk, AC with Coca-Cola (Coca-Cola Corp, Atlanta, Ga), AC with cherry-flavored syrup...

Of about 10 billion bushels of corn that are grown each year in the United States, less than 2% is processed directly into food products, and about 18% is processed into intermediates such as high-fructose corn syrup, ethanol, and cornstarch. The vast majority of the annual crop is used domestically for animal feed (60%), and about 16% is exported. Thus, any program for controlling residues of ...

invert sugar is the result of sucrose of hydrolysis of sucrose by acid or enzyme, that is, the splitting of sucrose molecules into their glucose and fructose components.invert sugar is used in different industries such as; food industry, soft drinks and pharmaceutical, due to its special characteristics such as; sweetness level, moisture ability’s property, crystallization level and special tas...

Yüksek fruktozlu mısır şurubu (YFMŞ) besin endüstrisinde tatlandırıcı olarak kullanılan, şeker ile karşılaştırıldığında daha az maliyetle kaliteli ürünlerin üretiminde fayda sağlayan FDA (Food and Drug Administration; Amerikan Gıda ve İlaç Dairesi) tarafından doğal sınıflandırılan gıda katkı maddesidir. nişastasının, kimyasal enzimatik hidroliz tekniklerinin kullanımı sonucunda sıvılaştırma, pa...