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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by aidenn0 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @11:59AM (#23338806)
I do not think it's odd, and I never disputed that they were different. The picture posted was a non-sequitur though.
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by tyingq on Thursday May 28, 2020 @12:37PM (#23339312)
If you think HFCS and sugar are the same, and that tomato concentrate and tomatoes are also the same...I guess.
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by mattkrause on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:03PM (#23341914)
In this particular situation, HFCS is going to be 42-55% fructose (with the rest as glucose) while the hydrolyzed sugar will be a 50:50 mix. Not entirely the same, but pretty close!
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Re:Did George Washington Use Ketchup? (2012) by aidenn0 on Thursday May 28, 2020 @04:21PM (#23342097)
Actually it is HFCS + (a smaller amount of) CS. CS is pure glucose, so it could be as little as 21% fructose. In any event, it would be legal for products with the US label and the UK label to have chemically identical sugars.
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