High fructose corn syrup
High fructose corn syrup is corn syrup in which part of the glucose has been converted to fructose.
- Used in
- Food ingredient
- Role
- Sweetener
Also listed as
Contains / relevant to
IngrediLens does not flag high fructose corn syrup for any allergen, diet or skin concern in its database. If you want to avoid it anyway, you can add it as a custom ingredient filter in the app.
Related
- Corn syrupCorn syrup is a glucose syrup made from maize starch.
- Glucose syrupGlucose syrup is a sweet syrup made by breaking down starch, usually from maize, wheat or potato.
- Invert sugarInvert sugar is sucrose split into glucose and fructose, used as a syrup that does not crystallise.
Sources
- IngrediLens ingredient database (names, flags and notes shown on this page)
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