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title: High Fructose Corn Syrup Shows Up In the Most Surprising Places
date: 2012-09-06T20:16:17Z
modified: 2012-09-06T20:16:17Z
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categories:
  - Living Naturally
  - Nutrition in the News
tags:
  - corn syrup solids
  - hfcs
  - high fructose corn syrup
  - where is high fructose corn syrup
author: Elizabeth
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After reading the label on a package of cocktail nuts they were snacking on in the office, the [Huffington Post staff ](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/corn-syrup-foods-high-fructose-_n_1854790.html?utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily%20Brief&utm_campaign=daily_brief#slide=1467578 "high fructose corn syrup in foods")were surprised to find high fructose corn syrup as one of the main ingredients in what they had believed to be a healthy snack food sweetened with honey. This discovery prompted them to look for corn syrup in other surprising places. Some of these corn-syrup-containing products might surprise you:![high fructose corn syrup](http://static-l3.blogcritics.org/11/04/16/156489/High-Fructose-Corn-Syrup.jpg?t=20110416144052 "no high fructose corn syrup")

- Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
- Yogurts
- Bread
- Cereal bars
- Frozen pizza
- Cocktail nuts
- Tonic water
- Salad dressing
- Canned fruit
- Applesauce
- Ketchup
- Jams and jellies

Let me add a couple more to the list that have shocked me when I read the labels and discovered high fructose corn syrup as an ingredient:

- Bread crumbs
- Prepared frosting
- Cake mix
- Pickles
- Peanut butter
- Coffee creamer
- “healthy” cereals
- margarine
- chocolate bars
- “maple flavored” pancake syrup

Why should you care if you eat so much corn syrup, high fructose or otherwise? Tune in tomorrow…