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Post by braided-rug on Apr 25, 2006 22:56:00 GMT 10
In this blog iowa.weblogger.com/2006/03/12the writer says they can to avoid corn syrup. I don't think we have as much of it in Australia unless it is hidden, I must check our jam labels. A lovely blog entry with great canning pictures and encouragement. A good one for the health conscious. |
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Post by frugalmel on Apr 26, 2006 6:21:42 GMT 10
BR, here in the States, the food is loaded with High fructose corn syrup/ corn syrup. Its a cheap sweetener for manufacturers and we can grow it easily here. Especially the GMO kind. (Genetically Modified ) I will try to find a link about it for you. Most pre-packaged stuff here has high-fructose corn syrup in it. Even some breads.  |
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2006 9:40:19 GMT 10
That must be very frustrating. In Australia they really got stuck into trying to help the overweight teens. Trouble is that they started a fitness class after school, and now they have a funded ballet class in our town, which I love, but our town the kids are helped alot anyway, and now she has fitness things every day of the school week lol. I hope she can choose maybe two.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2006 9:45:39 GMT 10
We usually buy a local jam from the Greengrocer that is becoming a large company now, they are fine. But when I looked at Cottees, they have written down Glucose Syrup from Wheat. I think that is sneaky, I bet not many Australians are aware of it.
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2006 9:50:59 GMT 10
"A major derivative of starch is glucose, which is most commonly used to produce syrup. Glucose syrup is less sweet than sugar, but more viscous. In Australia, cane sugar is a cheaper alternative as a sweetener, so the uses of glucose from wheat are limited to areas where its other properties, such as viscosity and moistening ability, can be used to advantage. Another wheat derivative, bran is mostly used as feed for pigs and poultry." www.awb.com.au/aboutawb/communityeducation/theflourmillindustry/flourbasedfoods/ |
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Post by braided-rug on Apr 26, 2006 10:32:53 GMT 10
OK so it is actually made from corn, I thought maybe they meant wheat as it is sometimes called corn in some places. Hopefully that means we don't have it?
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