单词 | high-fructose corn syrup |
释义 | > as lemmashigh-fructose corn syrup high-fructose corn syrup n. a sweetener made from cornflour (maize starch) in which some glucose has been converted to fructose; abbreviated HFCS.High-fructose corn syrup is used in commercially produced food and soft drinks as a cheap alternative to sucrose. ΚΠ 1974 Los Angeles Times 8 Aug. f19/1 This new natural nutritive sweetener HFCS—high fructose corn syrup—can be substituted for a portion of the sugar-sucrose or medium invert sugar. 1992 J. Shute Life-size ix. 107 I started reading the cereal boxes. Sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, wheat, oat flour, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil..[etc.] 2014 Nat. Health Apr. 16/2 The switch away from sucrose to cheaper corn-derived high-fructose corn syrup, which more readily converts to fat, is clearly partly responsible for the health mess we are now in. < as lemmas |
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