Introduction Soft drink is a beverage that typically contains carbonated water‚ a sweetener and a flavoring. The sweetener may be sugar‚ high-fructose corn syrup‚ fruit juice‚ sugar substitutes or some combination of these. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine‚ colorings‚ preservatives and other ingredients. There are many reasons why people drink soft drinks. The taste could be one thing that gets people addicted to drinking soft drinks‚ In fact that it is so good‚ that many people drink it. Other
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Economics The Corn Industry The majority of food that is consumed by Americans contains corn‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ corn-fed meat and corn-based processed food. Corn is found in three out of four supermarket products. There are more than 3‚500 different uses for corn products. Corn subsidies in the United States totaled $81.7 billion from 1995 to 2011. Corn draws in more subsidies than wheat‚ soybeans and rice combined. The average American spends $267 a year on corn products. Americans
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first‚ Dr. Lustig provides us the facts of sugar and obesity in our country. Fructose has increased in the past 30 years‚ coinciding with the obesity epidemic. Nowadays‚ no matter children or adults‚ we all eat more than 20 years ago. And Dr. Lustig points out that there is something wrong with our body feedback system and makes us keep eating more and more. And they are not in fat but Carbs. The secular trend in fructose keeps increasing every single year. For example‚ people consume more soft drink
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Rock Solid Future From corn High- Fructose Corn Syrup is formed. High-fructose Corn syrup is now used in the products we see all over the home and grocery store. Farmers know that this is a guarantee profit for as much as they are able to distribute. Items all around us can be found to have High-Fructose Corn Syrup in them‚ from the most basic forms of food to the most complex of pesticides. Even more disturbing is how children are being affected by High-Fructose Corn Syrup while parents and professionals
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this message to our customers with a “No High Fructose Corn Syrup” label on our products. By doing so‚ we have connected with those customer’s who are looking for a healthier beverage alternative. As we know‚ Coca-Cola bought a 40 percent stake in our company for $43 million. This was a major boost to our company by providing us with Coca Cola’s nationwide distribution network. However‚ executives of Coca Cola are “disturbed” by our “No High Fructose Corn Syrup” label due to them seeing it as criticism
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Obesity: America’s Sad Story Melissa Hinkley Baker College – Owosso June 6‚ 2012 Obesity: America’s Sad Story Walk into any all you can eat restaurant and look around. There are servers busy waiting tables and clearing dishes. There are diners eating and chatting. The smell of cooking food lingers in the air‚ steam rises from the hot food tables and the chocolate cake on the dessert bar is looking quite tempting. Look a little harder though‚ particularly at the diners sitting at
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A. Segmentation and Targeting When Looking at what market should be targeted the thing that stuck out most was there is not a healthy alternative for energy drinks. Most of these drinks are full of high fructose corn syrup and loaded with extreme amounts of caffeine. Crescent give the consumers a healthy alternative to this option. The trend these days is towards more organic and healthier choices. Crescent is just that. It gives the option for a healthy version of an energy drink which is much
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Comparison Contrast Essay 30 March 2011 Coca Cola VS Pepsi Coca Cola and Pepsi are the two most popular and widely recognized beverage brands in the United States. Pepsi and Coca Cola contrast each other on their taste‚ its associated colors and themes‚ and ingredients. Coca-Cola and Pepsi differentiate in more ways than one. Coca-Cola has more of a coke flavor taste. It is fizzier than that of Pepsi. It is smoother going down‚ and after about six hours it changes flavor and becomes more watery
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Fear of a Corn Planet Final draft Robert Ridley Comp 2 Fear of a Corn Planet For some time now corn has been an energy source and an enemy to all of America. Unbeknownst to us it has been secretly added to everything a normal American ingests on a daily bases. Products such as Soda pop‚ Energy bars‚ Red bull energy drinks‚ and most processed foods. Though corn does have its practical applications in fuel production as well as industrial
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in many citric-based fruit and soft drinks * Cheap alternative to cane and beet sugar | * Increases triglycerides and cholesterol * Can damage liver‚ testicles‚ thyroid‚ heart and kidneys. * May predispose the body to turn fructose into fat | High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) | * Sustains freshness in baked goods * Blends easily in beverages to maintain sweetness. | * Increases risk for Type-2 diabetes‚ coronary heart disease‚ stroke and cancer * Isn’t easily metabolized by the
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