List of Foods Containing High Fructose Corn Syrup
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Baked Goods
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Many baked goods, including English muffins, rolls and white and whole wheat bread contain high fructose corn syrup. The syrup helps baked good achieve a brown crust and retain moisture.
Tomato-based Sauces
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Pizza sauce, spaghetti sauce, ketchup and barbecue sauces typically contain high fructose corn syrup, which is used to balance the tart tomatoes and bring out the flavors of spices.
Soft Drinks
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Soft drinks use high amounts of the syrup as a source of intense sweetness. It also helps stabilize flavors over the long shelf-life of the drinks. Diet soft drinks do not usually contain the syrup.
Cereals
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Most breakfast cereals, particularly sweetened ones, contain high fructose corn syrup. Cereals aimed at adults also often contain the syrup even if they don't taste especially sugary.
Fruit Drinks
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Fruit drinks often contain high levels of the syrup. It is used bottled juices, drink pouches and in frozen concentrates. High fructose corn syrup has a lower freezing temperature than other sweeteners, and that makes thawing faster.
Processed Foods
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Processed foods such as lunch meats, dinner sausage, macaroni and cheese, boxed meals, packaged lunch meals and other processed foods contain the syrup because it is inexpensive and provides a long shelf life.
Salad Dressings
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In an effort reduce calories from oil, many salad-dressing manufactures add high fructose corn syrup instead. Low-fat and low-calorie dressings tend to have higher levels of the syrup than dressings that are made with olive or another kind of oil.
Yogurt
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Many yogurt brands contain the sweetener. Even flavors or yogurt lines that are called "all natural" and "organic" contain high fructose corn syrup.
Cough Syrups
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Many liquid cough suppressants and expectorants contain high fructose corn syrup. Flavored varieties designed to taste better for children tend to have higher amounts of the sweetener.
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