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FDA: High fructose corn syrup not natural 4-22-08
The Food and Drug Administration had said that products containing high
fructose corn syrup cannot be considered "natural", foodnavigator-USA.com
reported early this month.
The beverage industry has long regarded HFCS as natural. While the term
"natural" has been becoming increasingly popular among consumers, market
competition seems to have driven the sugar industry to oppose the “natural”
claim for HFCS, according to foodnavigator-USA.com.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a food policy advocate also
expressed its concern about the "natural" labeling for HFCS because of the way
fructose and glucose in HFCS are produced. The organization early threatened to
file suit against Kraft claiming the company falsely calls Capri Sun Drink "All
Natural". Later the CSPI dropped its suit after Kraft announced it would abandon
"all natural" claims on Capri Sun.
HFCS is produced using an acid and or an enzymatic process. "Consequently, we
would object to the use of the term 'natural' on a product containing HFCS," the
FDA told foodnavigator-USA.com in an email.
In the email, Geraldine June Supervisor of the Product Evaluation and Labeling
team at FDA's Office of Nutrition, Labeling and Dietary Supplements explained
that FHCS is prepared from a corn starch hydrolysate by partial enzymatic
conversion of glucose to fructose using an insoluble glucose isomerase
preparation, which is supported with safe and suitable immobilization/fixing
agents.
"The use of synthetic fixing agents in the enzyme preparation, which is then
used to produce HFCS, would not be consistent with our (…) policy regarding the
use of the term 'natural',” June was quoted by foodnavigator-USA.com as writing
in her email.
"Moreover, the corn starch hydrolysate, which is the substrate used in the
production of HFCS, may be obtained through the use of safe and suitable acids
or enzymes. Depending on the type of acid(s) used to obtain the corn starch
hydrolysate, this substrate itself may not fit within the description of
'natural' and, therefore, HCFS produced from such corn starch hydrolysate would
not qualify for a 'natural' labeling term."