undefined | Better HN

0 pointsFargren12y ago0 comments

Fortunately, in most of the world sodas use sugar instead of syrup. So it's not as bad as it could be.

0 comments

throwit197912y ago

Except it takes about 5 seconds for sucrase in your small intestine to hydrolyze sugar into exactly the same substances present in HFCS. So it doesn't matter. At all.

pyre12y ago

Most HFCS in use today is a mixture of 45% glucose / 55% fructose. Sucrose is 1 glucose molecule and 1 fructose molecule bonded together. If fructose is really the 'bad' thing here, then HFCS has more of it.

donaldc12y ago

It can be even worse than that. Studies have found some HFCS to contain as much as 65% fructose.

stevep9812y ago

If you want to scrutinize american sodas, I think you have to look at the portion size and culture of free refills rather than the sugar type.

I don't know of anywhere else in the world that has serving sizes as big as the US. And very few places outside the US offer free refills.

yen22312y ago

Isn't syrup just water with sugar? How is that worse?

ekianjo12y ago

He's referring to fructose syrup. To replace sugar, which is more expensive.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse