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Jarritos: Taking sodas to a whole other level
Filed under: Comfort Food, Soda, High-fructose corn syrup, Mexico  My mother was a soda fanatic; apart from the occasional bottle of tonic water or bitter lemon (in the summer, G&Ts were the rule, not the exception), carbonated beverages weren't allowed in our house. This meant, of course, that they became the forbidden fruit, something that my sisters and I craved with a single-minded intensity that was somewhat frightening. As we got older, however, we outgrew carbonated beverages and, once I learned about high fructose corn syrup, most sodas were scrubbed from my list permanently.
Even so, I sometimes get the desire for a cool, refreshing carbonated...
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FDA rules that high fructose corn syrup is natural
Filed under: Science, Business, America, High-fructose corn syrup, Health & Medical, Food News  About three years ago, my wife and I decided to stop eating high fructose corn syrup. At the time, it seemed like a minor step; however, looking back, I realize that, in that one moment, I transformed from a regular consumer into an insane health freak. While cutting out any type of food is a major step, HFCS was particularly difficult. Unlike meat, cheese, peanuts, or any of the other easily-detectable foods that people cut out of their diets, HFCS lurks in literally thousands of foods. Within a few days of quitting,...
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Catch a clip of King Corn
Filed under: Vegetables, Television/Film, High-fructose corn syrup, Sugar
Remember back in October when I posted about the independent movie, King Corn? The movie wasn't in wide release when we first mentioned it, and so a number of you expressed interest in seeing it, but weren't able to find a screening anywhere. It's gotten wider distribution over the last six...
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Sugar found to be more addictive than cocaine
Filed under: Newspapers, On the Blogs, High-fructose corn syrup, Sugar 
We've known for years that sugar isn't good for us. It promotes tooth decay, provides quick highs and lows and offers nothing but empty, nutritionless calories that pack on the pounds. However, it appears that it is even worse than we previously thought. Researchers recently determined that refined sugar is actually more addictive than cocaine. In a recent study rats were given a choice between sugar water and cocaine, and 94% them chose sugar. Even the rats that had previously been addicted to cocaine switched to the sugar once it was a...
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The Quest for the Perfect Cocktail: Examining the Gin & Tonic
Filed under: Lush Life, Recipes, Cocktails, Gin, Raves & Reviews, Trends, How To, Spirits, High-fructose corn syrup, Liquor Cabinet  As you may know I am a spirits fanatic, especially gin, and a big fan of fine cocktails. I have been doing intense research in the areas of spirits and cocktails for quite awhile and examining the details of what takes a cocktail and elevates it to the realm of sublime.
Many cocktails have a plethora of ingredients, sadly they are dismal creations better suited to cleaning drains than sipping for enjoyment. For a good cocktail,...
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Capri Sun lawsuit
Filed under: Juice, Business, Trends, Newspapers, America, High-fructose corn syrup, Health & Medical  The words "all natural" on the packaging of Capri Sun juice drinks have prompted a Florida woman to file a lawsuit against Kraft Foods, Inc., the drink's producer, the Associated Press reported. Assisted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, Linda Rex of Boynton Beach, Fla., claims that the inclusion of high fructose corn syrup is what makes the drink in the little silver pouch less than "all natural." You might remember the CSPI from when they filed and then withdrew lawsuits against Kentucky...
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From advertising to zinfandel, Slashfood's look back at 2006
Filed under: Site Announcements, Business, Organic, Trans Fats, Trends, On the Blogs, Lists, in sixty seconds, High-fructose corn syrup, Health & Medical 
Want to look back on some of the top news, trends and other food related goings-on of the last year? After a jam-packed year of posting, there are some topics that keep coming up again and again. From A to Z, here are our top picks from 2006: Ad mascots made a comeback and even got spinoff merchandise of their own. Bacon was just about everywhere Premium and gourmet coffee is everywhere,...
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Jones Soda eliminates HFCS
Filed under: Business, Trends, Soda, High-fructose corn syrup, Sugar  Starting on January 1st, Jones Soda will be pushing its canned sodas to consumers instead of the bottled sodas that it is known for. They will continue to package the soda in bottles, but the switch to cans is intended to make the product more accessible as the company expands. Coinciding with that launch, Jones Soda has announced that they will be sweetening their sodas with pure cane sugar, rather than the high fructose corn syrup that they use now (the diet flavors are made with sucralose/Splenda). All of their canned sodas will use cane sugar...
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Chris Kimball speaks up
Filed under: Business, Trans Fats, Magazines, Trends, Newspapers, High-fructose corn syrup  Last Sunday, the Opinion section of the Boston Globe featured a rather passionate piece by Christopher Kimball, founder of Cook's Illustrated. Kimball rails against processed foods, saying that the often expensive and unhealthy products have infiltrated the food industry "like a cancer." The main points of Kimball's piece--trans fats, relentless marketing and the economic impact of obesity in America--won't come as a shock to most of us. Still, Cook's fans should appreciate hearing Kimball speak his mind about something a little more controversial than Dutch process cocoa. (Registration with Boston.com maybe...
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Sugar in your favorite beverages
Filed under: Soda, High-fructose corn syrup, Sugar  It's nearly a pity to find beverages that are sweetened with real sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup -- I can't help but give them a try, and often I find I like them. High-fructose corn syrup -- cheap and readily available -- is what you'll find in all of the mass brands of soda, and it's hard to avoid in any pre-packaged beverage product. Diet versions, of course, will not have high-fructose corn syrup, but instead Nutrasweet or Splenda, both sweeteners with their own unique taste. But there's nothing quite like the taste of sugar, which provides...
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