Title: Alternative Sweeteners

High Fructose Corn Syrup 409
Table 13 United States per Capita Sweetener Consumption a
Honey Total
Crop Refined Glucose Total corn and edible caloric
year sugar HFCS syrups Dextrose sweeteners syrups sweeteners
1970 101.8 0.7 14.0 4.6 19.3 1.5 122.6
1971 102.1 0.9 14.9 5.0 20.8 1.4 124.3
1972 102.3 1.3 15.4 4.4 21.1 1.5 124.9
1973 100.8 2.1 16.5 4.8 23.4 1.4 125.6
1974 95.7 3.0 17.2 4.9 25.1 1.1 121.9
1975 89.2 4.9 17.5 5.0 27.4 1.4 118.0
1976 93.4 6.9 17.5 5.0 29.4 1.3 124.1
1977 94.2 9.1 17.6 4.1 30.8 1.4 126.4
1978 91.5 11.2 17.8 3.8 33.8 1.5 125.8
1979 89.3 14.4 17.9 3.6 35.9 1.4 126.6
1980 83.6 18.0 17.6 3.5 39.1 1.2 123.9
1981 79.4 22.2 17.8 3.5 43.5 1.2 124.9
1982 73.6 26.7 18.0 3.5 48.2 1.3 127.8
1983 71.0 31.0 18.0 3.5 52.6 1.3 130.4
1984 67.6 37.3 18.0 3.5 58.8 1.4 128.7
1985 63.2 44.6 15.9 3.5 63.9 1.5 128.6
1986 60.8 45.1 16.0 3.5 64.6 1.6 127.0
1987 63.1 47.1 16.2 3.6 66.8 1.7 131.6
1988 62.6 48.3 16.4 3.6 68.3 1.5 132.4
1989 62.8 47.5 16.7 3.7 68.0 1.6 132.4
1990 64.8 49.2 17.4 3.8 70.4 1.6 136.8
1991 64.4 50.0 18.2 3.8 72.0 1.6 138.0
1992 65.5 51.6 19.0 3.8 74.4 1.6 141.4
1993 65.2 54.4 19.6 3.8 77.8 1.6 144.6
1994 65.9 56.4 20.0 3.9 80.3 1.5 147.6
1995 66.2 58.2 15.1 4.0 77.3 1.5 144.9
1996 66.9 59.4 20.6 4.0 84.0 1.5 152.3
1997 b 67.1 61.4 20.8 4.0 86.3 1.5 154.8
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Resource Service.
a Dry basis.
b Estimate.
Although pure fructose has a very low glycemic index of 20, compared with
white pan bread at 100 and sucrose at 90 because of their high dextrose content,
42 and 55% HFCS would not have a low glycemic advantage and would be
expected to be similar to sucrose in this area.
Fructose, in the form of HFCS used in the food supply, was included in a
comprehensive evaluation of the health effects of sugars conducted by FDA in