A third of American sugar is chemically transformed into corn syrup

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A third of American sugar is chemically transformed into corn syrup

This massive industrial conversion exploits a chemical loophole that allows manufacturers to bypass traditional cane prices and slash production costs by half.

While the United States produces millions of tons of sugar from cane and beets, nearly thirty percent of that supply undergoes a radical chemical transformation. Through a process called enzymatic isomerization, the glucose in sugar is rearranged into high-fructose corn syrup. This structural shift allows the resulting liquid to be absorbed by the human body twenty percent faster than standard table sugar.

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