{"id":3144,"date":"2012-12-09T14:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T19:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimgworld.com\/blog1\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2012-12-09T18:46:50","modified_gmt":"2012-12-09T23:46:50","slug":"3144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimgworld.com\/blog1\/?p=3144","title":{"rendered":"Karo Syrup is Actually Better Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I sometimes gripe about how big business is ruining food for the sake of profits. I.e., designing and marketing food products that taste good (in a cheap, instant gratification kind of way) but are not very good for you. But, as to be fair, I need to commend CPC for actually improving a product (after previously debasing it).<\/p>\n

Given all the recent evidence<\/a> on how fructose sugar can help to cause diabetes, I have been trying to cut back on sweet things. But I still have occasional need for syrup, for baking or to help sweeten a desert or a breakfast item. What can substitute for honey or fruit juice or maple syrup (or powdered sugar, the ‘cocaine’ of sweeteners)? All of these are high in fructose. Well, I now use Karo Light Corn Syrup. It’s relatively low in fructose and higher in glucose and other kinds of sugar that don’t seem to be as bad for one’s liver, pancreas and insulin metabolism. It says on the bottle, 0 grams high fructose syrup. Karo Syrup is definitely not intensely sweet like honey or maple syrup, but instead delivers a slower, more mellow form of sweetness. Which I’m starting to like.<\/p>\n

But that’s not how Karo Syrup always was. Recently, I came across an old bottle of Karo Light Syrup on my shelves. You know that it’s old because it is made of glass! I would guess that I bought it in the early or mid-1990s. Here’s a picture of the old (on the right) and the new Light Corn Syrup bottles. Also, a close up of the dietary values and ingredients on the old bottle. It’s right there in print: Karo Syrup once had high-fructose corn syrup. You can also tell by looking at the sugars: for a 2 tablespoon serving, the old Karo Light Syrup delivered 30 grams of sugar. Today, the same dose has 10 grams. Quite a reduction! (Sodium is also a bit lower now, all to the good.)<\/p>\n

So, thank goodness that an enlightened public demanded a more healthy product, and CPC was enlightened enough about their long-term profitability as to respond. Let’s hope this is the start of a trend in processed food production. (Ultimately, however, the best trend would be away from processed food and back towards fresh, simple and raw foods, including the stuff you get from the produce section).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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