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I love home-baked bread, so after reading this post hopefully I’ll wake up an hour earlier to craft fresh breakfast bread too. Since the above references HFCS’s questionable role in obesity, I thought I’d chime in. HFCS has been the subject of a lot of attention and misinformation in the past few years. Even former critics of HFCS dispel long-held myths and distance themselves from earlier speculation about the sweetener’s link to obesity.

Both HFCS and table sugar contain the same simple sugars (glucose and fructose), they both have the same number of calories, and your body metabolizes them the same way.

It also keeps foods fresh, enhances fruit and spice flavors and retains moisture breads.

There has been significant confusion about just how much HFCS is contained in everyday foods. It is true that its versatility makes it useful in many food preparations, but it does so in most cases using very small amounts. How small? For bread (like an English Muffin), you would need to eat 39 slices in a single day to reach the recommended daily allowance of added sugars from HFCS.

I’ve gone on long enough, so to sum up, no single food or ingredient is the sole cause of obesity – rather, the primary cause is too many calories and too little exercise.

Thank you for your consideration.

Mark on behalf of the Corn Refiner’s Association