If HFCS were banned here, the groceries would be bare. The only way to avoid it in all its various manifestations (and equally unhealthy substitutes) is to buy organic at high prices and spend hours reading labels. Julie Krueger On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Judith Evans <judith.evans001@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > It (a UK or EU ban) may be an American urban legend; my source was > American. Rather, perhaps, it's rare. It may be that HFCS is, like trans > fats, discouraged/unpopular (supermarkets here are phasing out trans fats) > > Judy Evans, Cardiff > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ritchie" < > ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 8:10 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: fill in the blank...CLAWKI > > > >> On Aug 8, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Judith Evans wrote: >> >> I thought HFCS was banned here, David. But I hardly ever eat jam, so >>> don't know what gets put in it these days. >>> >>> If a ban has gone into effect, Wikipedia hasn't heard: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup >> >> Here's another good reason to avoid jam today: >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGJT9XfM2y0 >> >> David Ritchie, >> Portland, Oregon >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >> digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1599 - Release >> Date: 07/08/2008 20:49 >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html >