MERCURY Found in Food Containing High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS)! – Dr. David Wallinga

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 at 10:30 pm

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A Mercury Scare about Food Containing HFCS has been Raging Since 2005 – What’s the Latest!…

There isn’t much data on this, but what there is, isn’t good. During the week of February 17–24, 2005, FDA field agents collected High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) samples from 3 different manufacturers. HFCS is used as a sugar substitute in many food and beverage items, almost dominating the American diet. That public (and peer reviewed) study found some evidence of Mercury in 9 of the 20 samples (roughly 50%) – not good! It was asserted then (and now) that whatever Mercury was in the HFCS was from the chemical plant processes used to generate food grade chemical agents (Caustic Soda as an example) used in producing HFCS. The process for producing HFCS isn’t simple: corn starch is converted to a type of glucose and then some of that is converted to almost full-strength fructose, which is then recombined with glucose to produce either 42% Fructose HFCS (HFCS 42) used mostly in foods or 55% Fructose HFCS (HFCS 55) used mostly in beverages.

Dr. David Wallinga, of the Institute for Agricultural and Trade Policy, performed a similar test in 2009 on foods actually found containing HFCS in stores in Minneapolis, MN. He found Mercury tainted food in 33% of the samples. His video below provides more information on what he found.

The latest report I’ve found was in November, 2010, in which the issue still remains open. The Corn Refiners Association proclaims that HFCS is Mercury free, but I’ve haven’t found any recent public data on that.

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