10 things you need to know about HFCS: its critics call high fructose corn...

Candy Business;  September 1, 2006 ;   White, John Foreyt, John;   787 words ...HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP (HFCS) has been used in the production of a...soft candies. In addition to sweetness, HFCS also provides flavor enhancement, humeetancy...flexibility and control of crystallization. HFCS has recently been used in conjunction...

Can King Corn win the HFCS 'natural' battle?

Functional Ingredients;  May 1, 2008 ;   Runestad, Todd;   325 words ......in April that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) does not qualify as 'natural,' the FDA...official FDA position on products made with HFCS is unchanged." In January, an FDA spokesperson...living up to its moniker. The advantage of HFCS to food manufacturers is that it is sweeter...

New look fridges take off without HFCs. (Robert Bosch GmbH to manufacture...

Chemistry and Industry;  February 21, 1994 ;     452 words ......abandon the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) -- industry's preferred substitute for...company to switch its fridges away from HFCs. Last August, the company replaced CFCs...first produced a fridge free from CFCs and HFCs in 1992 (C&I 1992, 549). As the environmental...

Coke Controversy Illustrates Issues with HFCs.(Brief Article)

Ozone Depletion Network Online Today;  August 4, 2000 ;     284 words ......criticized for using hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in its cold-drink equipment earlier this...phaseout plans, saying the move away from HFCs will threaten the Earth's ozone layer and...groups who hope to curb global warming. HFCs were originally introduced as an alternative...

ICR explores long-term future of HFCs.(International Congress of...

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  September 1, 2003 ;   Powell, Peter;   543 words ......refrigeration pioneer ha characterized HFCs a being on shaky ground a long-term refrigerants...synthetic refrigerants as CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs is no good. Noting that CFCs and HCFCs are already being phased out, he said HFCs an coming under attack as well, from both...

Banks targets HFCs' assets, buy Rs 800-cr loans in 2 months.

Economic Times (New Delhi, India);  January 28, 2005 ;     358 words ......scouting for buying loans from housing finance companies (HFCs). Private and foreign banks have been aggressive in buying home loans from HFCs. Banks have bought around Rs 700-800 crore from HFCs in the last two months. Banks buying home loans from...

Scientists Say HFCS Not a Unique Contributor to Obesity.

PR Newswire;  July 13, 2004 ;     787 words ......singling out high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) as a unique contributor to obesity, finds...scientific workshop on high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and were presented at a breakfast hosted...simply no credible scientific evidence that HFCS is the cause of rising overweight/obesity...

Pressure continues as HFCs come under European regulators'...

Urethanes Technology;  December 1, 2004 ;   Jeffs, Mike;   787 words ......control emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). These represent the very latest generation...thermal insulation offered by the use of HFCs in rigid polyurethane foams offers major...importantly, there are no proposals to control HFCs anywhere outside of Europe. This time the...

Don't blame obesity on HFCS: Virginia Tech center researches existing...

Food Processing;  August 1, 2004 ;     479 words ......increased use of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) and rising rates of obesity, especially...center, said there is no reason to think HFCS is worse than table sugar or any other...problem. The U.S. is the only country using HFCS significantly, but we are not the only...

No Scientific Evidence to Link Obesity and HFCS; Culprits Are Too Many...

PR Newswire;  March 25, 2004 ;     609 words ......link between high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a commonly used liquid sweetener made...food and dairy products are sweetened with HFCS instead of sucrose, or table sugar, is...exercise. Adamson acknowledged that the use of HFCS as a sweetener has increased and sucrose...

A.D. Little Compares HFCs, Alternative Fluids.(Hydrofluorocarbon )(Brief...

Ozone Depletion Network Online Today;  April 3, 2002 ;     291 words ......analysis of the overall performance of HFCs in comparison with alternative fluids and technologies in the major applications where HFCs have emerged as replacements for ozone...efficiency, said Alliance chairman Dave Lewis. HFCs have emerged as the preferred replacements...

Comparative analysis gives HFCs high marks.

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  April 22, 2002 ;   Mazurkiewicz, Greg;   768 words ......Applications. The report states that HFCs have become the preferred replacements...1999. It documents the performance of HFCs compared to other fluids and technologies in those application areas where HFCs have emerged as replacements for CFCs...

`Long-Term' HFCs under scrutiny at conference.(hydrofluorocarbons)(Brief...

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  September 2, 2002 ;   Powell, Peter;   787 words ......LAFAYETTE, IN -- Perhaps it is time to think of HFCs as only being conditional long-term replacement...number of papers looked at alternatives to HFCs, with C[O.sub.2] being the most talked...sessions was a cautionary tale. Many wanted HFCs to remain viable refrigerants long after...

Mexico Eliminates HFCS Soft Drink Import Tax.(high fructose corn...

The Food Institute Report;  March 11, 2002 ;     223 words ......sweetened with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) from a protectionist and discriminatory...over the tax, which hurt U.S. sales of HFCS to Mexico, lowered U.S. corn exports The...The tax effectively eliminated the use of HFCS in the Mexican beverage industry. The exemption...

Estimating future emissions and potential reductions of HFCs, PFCs, and...

The Energy Journal;  November 22, 2006 ;   Schaefer, Deborah Ottinger Godwin, Dave Harnisch, Jochen;   787 words ......Harnisch** Atmospheric concentrations of HFCs, PFCs, and S[F.sub.6] have been growing...some emitting industries and the role of HFCs and PFCs as replacements for ozone-depleting...analysis estimates global emissions of HFCs, PFCs, and S[F.sub.6] from twelve source...