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Re: Kraft Sued for Mislabeling (again)

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  1. James Silverton' not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not said:

    "Emma Thackery" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

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    Kraft is being sued because the drink Caprisun is/was allegedly labeled
    "All Natural" despite that one of the main ingredients is high fructose
    corn syrup. Apparently, products containing HFCS are not legally
    entitled to carry the "all natural" label according to the complaint.
    That would certainly make sense.

    This news item really grabbed my attention because I've had so many
    problems with gluten in Kraft products that were allegedly wheat free.
    Companies that run fast and loose in one area tend to abuse the
    consumers' trust in other areas as well.

    For my own education, what's unnatural about high fructose corn syrup?
    Isn't corn a natural product?

    It's not that corn is not a natural product, but that high fructose corn
    syrup is not because of the industrial chemical process used to make it. I'm
    not sure of the transformation that they do (starch to sugar, or one type of
    sugar to another), but personally I would say it crosses the line from plain
    old cooking into chemical processing. That's why some don't consider it
    natural.

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    wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

  2. wff_ng_7 wrote on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:15:45 GMT:

    wn> "James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not> wrote:
    ??>>
    ??>> For my own education, what's unnatural about high fructose
    ??>> corn syrup? Isn't corn a natural product?

    wn> It's not that corn is not a natural product, but that high
    wn> fructose corn syrup is not because of the industrial
    wn> chemical process used to make it. I'm not sure of the
    wn> transformation that they do (starch to sugar, or one type
    wn> of sugar to another), but personally I would say it crosses
    wn> the line from plain old cooking into chemical processing.
    wn> That's why some don't consider it natural.

    "Ned Ludd, thou shouldst be living at this hour!" :-)

    James Silverton
    Potomac, Maryland

    E-mail, with obvious alterations:
    not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

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