Comments on: Bushwick Urban Archaeology: Sugared Pepsi

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:19:54 +0000

I hate it and try to avoid it when obviously possible…
but if i was paying attention i would’ve bought some futures in
high fructose corn syrup. Cuz we Amurican fatties will always need our sodas. And lots of corn is drowned.

amazing pix here.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/06/mississippi_floodwaters_in_iow.html

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:09:47 +0000

Nice find and great observation.

http://www.CornSyrupKills.net

By: Jeremy Sapienza

Jeremy Sapienza — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:30:49 +0000

The ironic thing there is that the Japanese use so much stevia in their sweetened products!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:51:41 +0000

Nice find Jeremy. By the way, you hit on something there. With the introduction of corn based sugar, the American “fattening”trend began. Corn syrup (actually invented by the Japanese) is a cheap, way to make things sweet, soft, and last longer. It’s a god-send for food manufacturing but it is an artificial sugar and our bodies seem to have a hard time metabolizing the stuff so it usually gets sent directly to fat reserves. I challenge you to count how many products at the local supermarket Don’t list Corn syrup as an ingredient. It’s in everything!