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Identification & Functionality
- Ingredient Name
- Ingredient Origin
- Food Ingredients Functions
- CAS No.
- 977042-84-4
- Ingredients
- High Fructose Corn Syrup
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Food Ingredients Features
- Product Background
HFCS is an enzymatically modified, crystal-clear corn syrup with the sweetness and calories approximately equal to a sugar solution. Although HFCS is not a sucrose product, it performs many similar functions as sugar, chiefly the “clean” sweetening of beverages, pickles, ketchup, dairy products, baked goods, and a host of food and liquid products.
High-fructose corn syrup is produced from processed corn starch. The starch, a chain of linked sugars, is broken down into glucose. Then, enzymes are added to the substance, converting a specific amount of the glucose into fructose. As a result, the fructose sweetens the high-fructose corn syrup substance.
First presented to the food and beverage industry in the late 1970s, nearly every full-calorie soft drink currently produced in the U.S. is sweetened with HFCS. Since inception, high-fructose corn syrup has been extremely popular among consumers and food formulators.
Usually sold at a price considerably lower than sugar, HFCS is a cost-effective sweetener. However, high-fructose corn syrup possesses a sweetness comparable to (or greater than) traditional sucrose. In many functions, HFCS performs with enhanced stability and functionality than sugar, easy to incorporate into food and beverages. HFCS extends a product’s shelf life and provides attractive color in certain baked goods.
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Food & Nutrition Applications
Properties
- Appearance
- Crystal Clear
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging Information
HFCS 42 is available in 5 GAL pails, 55 GAL drums, 275 GAL totes, or 48,000 LB trucks.