High Fructose Corn Syrup vs Sugar - Natural Labeling

HFCS and Sugar in Products Labeled "Natural"

High Fructose Corn Syrup	Table Sugar
High fructose corn syrup is considered a natural food ingredient under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's definition of the term “natural.” Under FDA rules, “natural” means that “nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added to, a food that would not normally be expected to be in the food.”(1)	Sugar is considered a natural food ingredient under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's definition of the term “natural.” Under FDA rules, “natural” means that “nothing artificial or synthetic (including all color additives regardless of source) has been included in, or has been added to, a food that would not normally be expected to be in the food.”(1)

1. 58 Federal Register 2302, 2407 (Jan. 6, 1993).